Camping 2012

On about June 18 I realized we had a short break in our schedules and that this would be the perfect time to go camping. So the next day, I made a menu and a packing list and got everything ready to go. The next day we went to our favorite campsite in Provo Canyon.

When we first arrived, we were the only ones in the campground. It was a little creepy for me. I've heard and seen too many scary stories.

Since we were the only ones there, we had our pick of the unreservable sites. There are some sites that you can reserve and then there are a few that are first come, first serve.

So we sat up camp in one of the largest camp sites. We were resting comfortably when a guy showed up. He said he had a lot of family coming in and would appreciated the big space that we had claimed. He said he would pay us if we moved. So we did. We moved to the second largest campsite and were completely content. We have camped at this one before and we love it!



 For a while, we just sorta hung out, listened to music, played games and went for walks. For Wednesday and Thursday it was just me and the kids.

Then Bestie came up and stayed Thursday night with us. We both had to leave camp on Friday afternoon to come into town so my mom (a.k.a. Nana) came up and stayed with the kids until Bret got there. I got back to camp about 9:30 pm and Nana went home.



Bret stayed with us Friday night and on Saturday, we packed up and came home.

Buddy is enjoying his gluten free S'more.

  Noodle takes a bite of her S'more.

Lewlew munches her version of S'more a.k.a. just the cookie.

Among the many chipmunks and squirrels, we also saw a lot of butterflies. We haven't ever seen butterflies up there. It was a real treat to see so many.

We had a great time and hope we can go again this season. But if not, there's always next year!



A Camping We Will Go

Last weekend we went camping. We love to go camping! We left early Thursday morning while Mister was working. When we got there, the kids jumped right in and helped me set up camp. Not being sarcastic - they really were a big help. I could not have set up the tent without them! We had fun but I can't even say what we did. We just did and the time went too fast! Bestie and Taylor came up Thursday afternoon. Then later, Mac, and Nana came up for dinner. Usually Bestie stays with us, but she hurt her back and didn't feel like she could sleep anywhere but her bed. She should have just brought it with her! So Thursday night, it was just me and the kids. A little nerve racking but not too bad.

On Friday, Bestie and Mister Bestie came up afternoon and played games with us. Early evening, Mister, Mac and Kimball came up for dinner. Then everyone left except for Mister. On Saturday, we got up, had breakfast took down camp and came home before it started raining.

We had performances on this rock by Lewlew,

S'mores - Bestie's recipe,



we played in the fire, A LOT,


And had a really great time! Can't wait to go again! We took Maggie, but I don't know where she was for this picture. Probably Hooverizing the camp - making sure she inhaled every single morsel available!

Decided...

Several weeks ago Bestie and I decided that over Spring Break we would "camp" in her 5th wheel on "de side of" her house- just for a couple of nights. We decided to bring the grill over and the fire pit and the table and chairs. It wouldn't be real camping, but the kids would love it because of the camper. We decided to have hamburgers the first night and hot dogs the second. With of course Smore's. Bestie has the best way to make Smore's, so we decided to use her "recipe." Which is: use fudge stripe cookies instead of chocolate bars and graham crackers. It's really yummy! So she and Taylor (her nephew) got things set up. So I got there and decided to start dinner. It was a little breezy but not too bad. I had 16 hamburgers to cook. After I turned the last of the burgers, the grill decided to run out of propane. But not biggey, the burgers were done. Then the wind decided to pick up. And pick up it did. It picked up the plates, the food, the umbrella, etc. So we decided to move into the camper. The wind decided to whip everything around, including the camper door. Then Buddy decided to put his thumb into the hole between the hinges of the door when the wind decided to gust, causing the door to close on his thumb. Ya, that kinda hurt. But he was tough and didn't cry, but it hurt. So we decided to put a movie on for the kids because we decided we weren't going to to do Smore's. Bestie and I played a couple of games and kept laughing every time a gust of wind would come up. There really wasn't anything comical about the situation, but some how it was funny! (That's us for ya!!) Bestie and I needed a couple things in the house so we decided to brave the element and head inside for just a few minutes. Of course the wind decided to rock at just the same moment I opened the door and it blew out of my hands. Well it bend the door and we could no longer close it tight. About 9:30 Buddy had had enough and was ready to go home. So my mom came and picked him up. Then it was bedtime for the girls. At some point Taylor and Tanner decided to come back and we started playing card games. What a hoot that was! Finally at close to 1 Taylor and Tanner went inside and we went to sleep - amongst the camper rocking and the wind blowing - and we froze!!! It was so cold! At 8:30 we got up and went into the house. It was so warm!!! We decided to have pancakes and I packed us up and we came home. We were supposed to sleep there Thursday night, but we decided against that idea! All in all - it was certainly memorable! We went over to Bestie's Thursday night for our "camp" dinner of hot dogs and smore's. The wind decided to let us do this. The girls and I decided to stay and play games. I won both games of Ticket to Ride (BooYa Taylor!!!) Then we came home. It was great! By Friday, Buddy's thumb was still sore, but feeling better. He didn't complain about it but he favored it.