We arrived in our first camping stop and set up in some gorgeous sunshine, but do not let that deceive you as to how the week went with our weather. The kids loved that we were right by a small creek, we as parents thought that wasn't as much fun. We were constantly drying items over the fire and we maybe should have just put the kids in swimsuits and let them at it, but it was also freezing! The kids did end up winning that battle of being wet and for hours they just played and splashed in the creek. I don't understand how their feet can become so red from the cold and them not complain!
Taylor was helping to build a fire pit with her rock collecting, all the kids helped and they felt awesome getting the perfect stones for the fire.
The joys of starting a fire with a bunch of wet wood made for some interesting nights waiting for warmth. The big boys had to go into the closest town for a small hospital visit when Jacob cut his finger and needed stitches, they took the opportunity to grab dry wood and fires only got better from then out.
potty training a kid who had been totally fine for weeks before this trip and suddenly regressed to taking a poo on himself=a really cold clean up in the creek. sorry Brennan
playing "Go-Fish" around the fire
We had to do the tradition braiding of hair while camping. When I told Taylor that this is what myself and her aunties would do when we went camping as a family she was all ready! It actually lasted all week which surprised me.
Building a rope swing was also done, the rope just wasn't quite long enough. At times we just had to look away because of how high they were flying on that thing, it was scary.
I couldn't let the boys have all the fun with the sharp toys in camp...and besides Jacob could no longer do it and Mike's back was acting up..what's a girl to do?
