Memorial Day Camping

We went camping for the Memorial Day Weekend just like half the world, but we had a good time. It was our first time out this year.

Cody and Gavin were out in the back yard(our garden is not obviously in yet) the night before digging up "snakes" (worms) so they could do some fishing.

We went up to Fall Creek. We found a spot, but decided to keep looking because it was kind of small so we left the camper there and all piled into Erin's car to keep looking. We found a nice big spot up the road so Gavin and I stayed behind and held the new and better spot on a couple of camping chairs. We got a couple of double takes when people would drive by and see a mom and toddler sitting in the middle of a camp spot with no tent.

Cody and Gavin did some reading while we waited for everyone else to get up there. Notice Gavin's paper is sideways! He's very talented!

As you can see, Erin and I had a few problems setting up the tent. Actually we had it all set up and before we staked it down the wind blew it over with us in it! For a minute we thought it was Cody ditching the tent on us.

A beautiful butterfly

Daddy giving Gavin a sour Warhead to eat

It was Caitlyn's first time camping, we had to take a picture.

Gavin getting dirty

Gavin getting clean

The "Men" getting firewood. They threw a rope across the creek to Carl who tied it to the tree and they (Cody, dad & Paul) pulled it across the creek...

... or at least tried to. It ended up in the creek so Cody went after it.

After much pulling they finally got it out.

Dragging it back to camp

This was also Paul and Erin's first time camping since they got married.

Gavin with grandma's hat and daddy's homemade hillbilly shovel.

You can't really tell from the picture, but Sunday afternoon it was a down pour so we all decided to call it quits and came home. Three days and two nights was enough!

My dirty little boy! He's going to need multiple baths to get clean!