Five Fry's: 2nd Annual Friends Camping Trip

Funny Story:

(not really right now especially to Cody, but one day it will be funny)

I worked Friday morning and I got a text from Jessica and Beth. I was in the OR so I only read what popped on on the screen. It basically said they were heading up to the campsite. I finished work and then never did read the rest of the message (until later). Cody got off work a few hours later and we headed up. The plan was to go to our spot where we went last year so that's where we went...but no one was there and there was no cell phone signal where we were so we decided to keep looking for them. Along the way we saw a beaver, a real one!

That's it on the right of the road

And on the left

Then I got crazy and got out of the truck. Can you see it's head poking out in the middle?

Look close in the middlish, slightly to the left, you can see it's tail.

We also got to watch an eagle flying over the river and then go land in a tree.

Back to the rest of the story:

So we drove around the huge loop....for a long time....like well over an hour pulling a camper. The kids were getting restless, Cody hadn't eaten since lunch and we couldn't find anyone. We had signal down by the river so I called a few of them, no answer (because they didn't have signal, but at least I could try). Cody was asking me what else the text said (I mentioned to Cody earlier that I had gotten it when they were heading out). It was then that I realized I didn't read all of it, so I did.....here's the "funny" part.

After it said they were leaving it also said they found a new and better spot and to go left when the road forked (we went right) and to drive 3.7 miles. EXACT DIRECTIONS. We had just been driving around for almost 2 hours "lost" and I had EXACT DIRECTIONS in my hand the entire time. I stopped reading the text out loud midway through and couldn't help but laugh. Cody didn't think it was so funny. You should've seen the look I got from him....one day he will laugh about it...one day!

So hours after we loaded a hungry husband and restless kids into the truck we made it to our destination and I promptly started roasting hot dogs. Lucky for me our friends were there so Cody couldn't roast me! Ha ha!

Chloe will wear only wear dresses, but I did to enough sweet talking that she put pants on underneath it.

Avenly

There were jumps for bikes right next to our campsite

Chloe convinced Oliver to give her a ride on the bike.

Gavin had to show me that he and Talmage found a "cow family" (in the background). "A father, mother and even a baby cow"

Chloe has Oliver wrapped around her finger. She sweet talked him into a dirt bike ride after the bicycle ride.

Ashley and Linkin

Oliver and Liz

Dresses and Dirt, that's what my little girl is made of

Mase

Uhm honey, I think you're just a tad to big for that

I had to bribe them with fruit snacks and take a lot of pictures to get them all looking!

Chloe, Teagan, Gavin, Linkin, Talmage, Avenly, Mason, Journie, Sayger, and Milo

Ashley was run off the road by a crazy motorist while she was on her dirt bike and ended up with cuts and bruises. We all sat and giggled at the way she was bandaging herself up, but then the tables turned and I was getting harassed for not doing it since I was the nurse. I would've done it, but she seemed to have it under control : )