Memorial Weekend

Our family went camping over memorial weekend for the 5th year in a row. Those who were up at grandpa's mountain (beautiful land in Idaho) were us, Jacqui and Jared, Brandon and Jaydale, and Sara and Derek. We got up there on Saturday morning. Bryce and the men helped get the camper set up and stable.
The kids had a great time hiking off through the trees, or around the camp ground. Bryce's uncles own the 10 acre piece of land and they have done a lot of work to bring in gravel and make little roads and paths for everyone to walk on. Bryce has lots of extended family that come up to camp during the summer, so the kids can wander and we don't have to worry about them getting lost. Plus, they always go off together in groups.

Bryce brought up Coopers little tent and the kids had a great time playing in it. It is really small but perfect for the kids. There were only a few fights caused by that little tent!

The men spent some of their time playing horse shoes on their hand-made pits. brandon and Derek originally stepped it off for 60 feet, so they had a hard time gettting the horse shoes to the pits....weak, weak men! So, they read the rules and found out it was suppposed to be 40 feet. After that, it was alot easier.

Brandon's little Maverick was so sick for the entire time. He just carrried a bucket around with him all day, and kept filling it up. We felt so bad for him.

Reese spent most of her time with Amanie and Harlie going on walks down to the bridge or over to the sand box. It was so fun to watch them run off and play together and be adventurous!

On Saturday night, we made "tacos-in-a-bag" for dinner. You take a small bag of Doritos or Fritos, crunch them up and then fill them with meat, cheese, and any othere toppings you like. It is easy and tastes great! After dinner, we sat around the fire for a little while, before the rain moved in! We didn't even have time to make smores with the kids. It ended up raining all night. I was glad we were in a camper, and not in a tent. It was a muddy mess!

On Sunday morning, we got up and cooked a great breakfast; scones, eggs, and bacon. After breakfast clean-up, the kids played for a while until the next rain storm moved in at 1:00 and we sat in our trailer for the next two hours. The rain never let up, so we all decided to call it a day and be done with our Memorial Camping Trip.