Camping Trip

This weekend we packed up the fam (kids and all) to go camping with some of our good friends in our old Newnan ward. We were on the fence as to whether we should go, esp. since Brooke is still so young. After mulling it over, we decided to be brave and go for it. We knew that Jake would absolutely love it, and we were right. He had so much fun and it was great that there were so many other kids there for our kids to play with. There were definitely some crazy moments, but we are very glad that we went and it was fun spending time with some of our good friends. Here are some pictures from our trip. They are in random order, b/c I don't feel like cutting and pasting all of them.

We went to Cheaha State Park in Alabama; the highest point in the state. They had this great little boardwalk trail that was great for our aged kids. It was only about 1/2 mile, round trip. It ends at a beautiful overlook. This is a picture of me hiking with Brooke.
Wendy leading a line of kids down the boardwalk.

Our campsite

Jake out in the woods playing. He loved this camping trip more than anyone.

The beautiful view from the end of our walk.

Our van was packed full. We had to buckle the kids in and then pack more stuff in. Here's Jake and Kate with all our camp gear.

Kate hitching a ride with dad.

We were in charge of Sunday morning breakfast. Here is stan flipping pancakes.

Ok, so my last post was about Kate and how she loves my make-up. Well, the kids were obsessed with playing in the tent. I thought it was fine and there wouldn't really be anything that they could get into. Somehow, Kate was able to find my make-up bag and once again decided to eat my mascara. I don't know what is up with her. However, I packed my waterproof mascara for camping so it was all the more difficult to clean up. (Sidenote: I don't know why I packed make-up, as I never put a stitch of it on the entire weekend. Next time, it will stay at home.)

The kiddos playing in the woods behind our campsite.

Ok, my favorite meal this weekend was when the Gonzalez family was in charge of dinner. Carlos brought up his super grill and made the best BBQ. It was heaven.

The good stuff.

Our family at the overlook.

Poor Stan had to sacrifice being home with his big HDTV and watching the first weekend of college football. He willingly opted to go camping and miss BYU's first game. However, he sat in the car one night listening to the game. As I was slowly getting more irritated at his anti-social behavior, he emerged to tell us that there were 3 minutes left in the game and the BYU had just got the lead by one point. Well, a bunch of us piled into my van to listen to the last 3 mintues. Justin, who was in the front seat, found my camera and took this lovely shot. At least we got to listen to BYU's victory over the third ranked team in the country, Oklahoma. Go Cougars!

Kate on a fallen tree.

Kids on our boardwalk hike.

Our group of campers.
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We had a great weekend!