camping 2010

We spent some time camping a Cults with most of my side of the family this year. We went up on a Tuesday and came home on a Monday, so it was a nice time away from the house. We did come back Sunday morning for showers and church and went back up after the Second service. The absolute best, most wonderful thing about the almost week was that it didn't RAIN... at all not one little bit (well a couple drops but I could handle that) Sorry family, spending time with you was close to being the best thing... but having beautiful weather nothing beats THAT when you are camping in tents with a whole bunch of little kids. It was a wonderful time, the kids had so much fun, and I only lost Danielle once. Yup, she was with her little buddy cousin Cameron who is the same age as her and they decided to go "exploring" together thankfully some adults thought they were a bit too young to be crossing the road together. (and that is not the road throughout the campsite, it was the main very busy road that goes through Cults Lake) They came to my parent's campsite and asked if they knew who a very blond little girl and dark little boy belonged to. Yikes!!! and it was on Saturday so Gerard was there too (he worked full days all the other days) so at least it had nothing to do with not enough adults. And I thought she had gone in the bike trailer with her Aunt Theresa so I didn't even realize she was gone and was in fact quite surprised when Gerard came carrying her back. Thankfully now it is just a "good" story.

My littlest one knew something was in the air but did not know what all the excitement was about the word "camping"...she didn't know what that word meant. She was too young to remember last year, but now when we go again, she will definitely know. She had so much fun. Being two is such a special age...you can walk around with ruffles on you swimsuit and look soooo cute.

Niessa was my big swimmer this year. She loved jumping off the dock without her life jacket and swimming back. (good thing she didn't need a life jacket as somehow I don't have enough life jackets that size. Note to self will have to go shopping)

My girls don't let their looks down even while camping...notice the high heels and short dress...another 10 years and they won't be allowed to leave the campsite.

We made the big purchase and bought a new tent this year aka "The Pan Pacific" as we called it. We had no idea it was so big, our whole family could sleep in it (sleeps 7) but we still put up another tent for the three oldest. I like to have a lot of room.

Is this considered food??? It's canned chicken to put in the Tuna Helper (had canned chicken in the house and no tuna) My kids said the food tasted so much better when they were camping. I make spaghetti sauce and freeze it when needed, it is made with organic hamburger, my homemade veggie packs, garlic, onions, and even garden-grown zucchini all blended together to make a healthy meal for my family. Somehow the spaghetti sauce was forgotten and all I had was just a tin of spaghetti sauce. (no meat, no nothing else) and that's when the kids said the food tasted so much better. Ouch!!! They also loved all the packaged high sodium noodle mixes and all the other junk food that is eaten while camping.

aaahhh the laundry on coming home. And this was not even all of it, there was more on the line and some in the washer. One thing I love about summer is that I can put the clothes on the line in the evening, one less thing to do in the busy mornings, and it still gets dry.