CAMPING?! ME?! Who would have thought!

I'm sorry about all the pictures. This is for my sister as well. So a picture gallery is what has to happen I guess!

FINDING FIREWOOD!

NIGHT TIME MAGIC!

MORNING DIP!

If you know me, you know that I am not that fond of the camping thing. Unless it involves a trailer/ camper of some sort with a mattress and a bathroom. Tents? Not my thing. Bugs? Hate them! Toilets dug out of the ground by my 9 yr old? NO THANK YOU!!! So against my better judgment, I agreed to a camp out with my sisters family. Not wanting to look like the wuss. Aside from the things I hate most, I have got to say I was pleasantly surprised. It was actually a lot of fun. Lots of work but also a lot of down time to just relax as well. My sister and her family have a boat that we take out on the lake every time we visit. We always go around and in between islands with campers doing their thing and we thought it was our turn for the adventure. It's a lot of prep work to get everybody out there with tents and food and blankets, pillows, life jackets ect, ect. It's a wonder we got it all done to enjoy ourselves. The night was the best part for me. kids asleep, us next to the fire enjoying each other. Romantic in a way. The kids had fun swimming and looking for fire wood. They all became campfire experts. It was hard to keep it safe some times. The highlight for them was the s'mores though, I'm sure. In the morning after the Daddy's woke up, it was tubing time. Everybody took turns in the tube that was pulled by the boat. Lot's of fun. I.m glad it was for just one night though. Sleeping on the sand is ruff on the hips and back. Nobody got a lot of sleep but it was worth it. Great fun!!!!!!!

I didn't get pictures of some of our highlights like the tubing and the s'mores. I was afraid to take my camera out on the boat and I was to busy with s'more building to stop for pictures. Sad I know but I got some great photos.

My Truck!

We bought this Power Wheels Hummer almost 3 years ago as a Christmas present for the boys. Brigham was 6 months old then. They got to ride it once before the battery died and never came back to life. It has been sitting in our back yard all this time just waiting for us to get a new "whatever" to help it work again. Part of our delay I think was that none of the children seemed to care much if it worked or not. But Brigham has always been interested in cars and would climb on in pretending that it would work. Well, one day last week Daddy came home with the new "whatever" that was needed and fixed it for Brig so he could really enjoy it. He loves to take rides in "daddy's truck" so it's not surprising that he calls this toy "my truck". He rides it everyday so far. All day if he can help it. He loves his truck!

If you have one of these power wheels, you know that the battery doesn't last forever. And eventually needs to be recharged. When the battery is low it will just stop moving not having enough power to to keep it going. If you let it sit for a while the power builds up just enough to go for a bit more and it starts all over again. Well a 2 year old doesn't understand this, to him it's just broken. When it would stop he would run to me to tell me that his truck was broken, that he needed to fix it. Screaming this to me as he is looking for tools to use to work with. He found a screwdriver and some pliers and got to work. He would work on it for a bit and get back in. And to his surprise his truck would move. Until it ran out of "juice" and would stop. Then he would start all over again. He is just to cute for words. Really, he keeps me smiling!

I don't know if you have ever done this....But sometimes I look at a picture of my children and see the future. Something was captured in that split second that revels an older version of what I see before me. In this picture it is Brigham. The way he is standing looking over the car. Something tells me I will see this again Someday!