Camping!!

Ah!  Yes!  Camping.....in tents....with 7 kids......ahhhh!!!  It was our first and last camping trip this summer.  We did have a good time, but it was a long two nights!!!  We stayed close to home, since Justice had to work the next day!!  So we went up to Twin Bridges, it was getting late in the afternoon on Friday so we didn't get the best camp spot, but it worked!  Kids helped pretty well getting things set up, Austin, Justice and Ethan were the biggest helpers.  Karli, Ryley and Kason were the fire wood finders, they did okay!! :)  We had hamburgers, chips and other stuff for dinner!  The fire of course was a HUGE success!!  Then SMORES...only my favorite part!!  It is the only reason to go camping!!  Kids had fun telling funny stories, singing silly songs and telling funny jokes!!  We had a nice evening making some family memories!!  We had 2 tents, kids tent and parents tent...plus Layton!!  It was interesting getting kids to go to bed....and not fight over the sleeping bags, pillows, "he is touching me" yelling and over all getting them to settle down.  Layton was really freaking out, he was not liking the small space of a tent and sleeping on air mattresses.  So again it took awhile to get him to settle down and fall asleep.  Finally some peace!! 

The next day we had a delicious pancake, hashbrowns and eggs for breakfast!!  We cleaned up and headed for some fishing....and hiking.  Justice was NOT thrilled about this adventure...but we made her tag along!!  Again, the fishing was no good.  So we headed back to our campsite...Justice was thrilled!!  She left to go home and get cleaned up for work.  We stayed around and Travis had to get home to finish some homework from his class.  Then we kept it simple for dinner and just did a weenie roast...again a fire was the most exciting part for the kids!!  They love playing with fire!!  SMORES were a must and were eatin' up quick!!  I think too quick, 'cause by the middle of the night we hear Austin and Justice talking and Ethan.....NOT feeling too good!!  Travis packed him up and took him home....luckily with a bowl because he didn't make it to a toilet!!  Later in the morning Travis came back to help with all the packing and cleaning up!!  We kept breakfast simple with cold cereal!!  It was SO nice to get home.  We all got cleaned up and then headed to church!  Later in the evening Travis and I went back (we left a tent) and had a campout WITHOUT kids!!  It was peaceful!!