Camping!

Since Jeff doesn't get weekends off during the summer, we had to jump at the chance that he had monday (Memorial Day) off, and so did my family.  We've really been wanting to go on a camping trip and take the boat so the guys could go fishing.  The weather was supposed to be good..til we planned the trip.  Every day the forecast changed for the worse..

So we left on sunday afternoon and it was windy, cold, and sprinkling on and off.  I told everyone that we could fit all 12 of us to sleep in our tent trailer since there's heat.  I was laughing to myself, thinking that when my family saw the trailer all folded up they were going to wonder what the heck I was thinking!

Anyway, we went up to East Canyon and as soon as Jeff got the trailer set up we huddled in to stay warm and the guys got a fire going.  It cleared up enough that we were able to make tinfoil dinners and Jeff cooked them over the fire.  They were delish.  After that, all the kids could think about was SMORES.  We tried to wait until dark, but finally gave in.  Then the kids were so excited to go to bed, because we put Sydnee, Kaydee, Makenzie, Christian and Madison's sleeping bags all up on the king sized bed and they couldn't wait to sleep by each other.  It didn't last.  The guys were all out by the fire, but us girls were laying with the kids trying to get them to bed.  Maycee was rolling all over in my bed and crying on and off because she had no idea what was going on.  And the other kids were bouncing around, giggling, making funny sounds, and every time Maycee would settle down I would hear Kaydee doing some high pitched squeal.  Poor Amy was right next to them and trying to get them to sleep.  (She is so patient!) She ended up moving Maddie down to her bed, moving Christian's sleeping bag since him and Kaydee had to be separated, and finally after Jeff came to bed he brought Kaydee and her sleeping bag over and she slept at our feet.  Ha ha.  So I had Maycee taking up half the queen bed, Jeff on my other side snoring, Bosco sleeping on my neck, and my legs couldn't go straight because Kaydee was there.  It was an interesting night, but still so fun and I'll always remember it. 

The funniest thing was that Bosco didn't go out to go potty all night and he was on my neck and he was getting kinda wiggly.  I told Jeff I thought he needed to go out, but I reached up and noticed my shoulder was all wet and so was the sleeping bag.  Jeff grabbed him and carried him outside.  So when everyone got up I was telling my mom that he peed on me and she told me that when Jeff went to take Bosco out, he held him right over her face on the way out and she totally got peed on.  What a rude awakening!  Ah ha ha ha. 

That morning we had bacon, eggs, fried potatoes, and pancakes for breakfast.  The storm was gone and it was such a pretty day.  Papa and Chris and Jeff and Bubba went out fishing and I got Maycee down for a nap, so I stayed at camp while the rest of the girls took a walk. Christian caught a fish and I guess he was pretty excited!  Papa caught a few, but one was really good sized.  They came back and we ate lunch and packed up and headed home.  It was a very short trip, but we had never taken our kids camping and wanted to see if it was something they would even enjoy.  They really did like it so I think we'll be doing it more often.  Since the girls will be done with school for a couple months, we'll be able to go during the week on Jeff's days off.