We brought our buddies the T family, my sister Jamie and fam drove down from Dallas, my sister Carrie came, and 3 families from Shad's ward. It was a blast. The kids ran and played and fished all day, the adults chatted and played and fished all day, and Shad set up a movie projector on the back of one of the shelters each night. It was just about as perfect of a camping trip as you could want. I loved watching the sunrises and sunsets over the lake, and the quiet lapping of the water. I searched pinterest for food ideas and we had such yummy meals the whole time. And we really enjoyed the time with friends and family. We might have to make this a tradition!
The sunset on March 13. I will admit this was NOT my favorite camping day. I spent the morning finishing our camping prep, loading the car, driving the hour to the campsite, unloading the car, setting up the shelter, feeding the kids dinner, etc--all on my own since Dan needed to conserve vacation days and wasn't coming up until after work the next day. But we pushed through and bedtime came and I survived :)
My nephews fishing. I love this pic. I love those boys.
Our family's shelter
Shad caught the best fish of the trip on that first evening--it was big!
We enjoyed our morning on the 14th. We'd been cold but not uncomfortable through the night and had a nice simple oatmeal breakfast.
Brooke and Megan's favorite part of the trip was having command of their own flashlights. They loved them.
I even tried my hand at fishing on Thursday.
And proved--I still got it! Look at that fishy!
Megan T and Chloe became fast friends.
Candy and Kenzie were such cute buddies--they got so dirty everyday but had so much fun.
We went to a ranger talk on Friday and then rode bikes over to a little park.
Silly girls playing in the piles of dead leaves.
Silly girls playing in the afternoon. They all enjoyed trying fishing too. Therefore my brother Shad spent a great deal of time every day re-stringing fishing poles and replacing lost bobbers. He's the best.
The inside of our shelter. Dan and I slept on the air mattress downstairs with Candy in the pack-n-play (there's also a picnic table down there).
Megan and Brooke's beds up in the loft.
You can't see it, but that's a bald eagle right there in the middle--really, it was!
We saved our best meal for last--lemon curry dutch oven chicken--yum, yum, and yum.
The last sunset (March 15).
All 12 grandkids from my family---age 12 down to 20 months
My family minus Dad and Tyler
Our family--looking pretty rough but we got a pic :)
My sister Jamie and her fam...
Our great buddies--the T family. We are so glad they came along!
One more silly shot
Love this pic of Brooke and Maddie
And---we successfully wiped out the girls. This was about 5 minutes into the ride home :)
1 comment:
I'm liking the shelter...definitely the way to camp! And that chicken sounds yummy. It sounds like you had a great time!
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