Christopher & Noah's Birthday

Well I asked the boys 'What do yall want to do for your Birthday this year?' Their Birthdays are April 18 & 19 so we do them together. They really wanted to go camping. I mean what boy wouldn't? So a camping we must go. (I have always loved camping.)

Christopher is 11, and Noah is 5.

this was the reason they wanted to go camping so badly. Grandma bought a tent for Christopher for Christmas and he just had to sleep in it.

this is Noah sleeping in the tent.

This is Christopher trying to sleep in the tent.

This is the fire. I just love a good campfire.

You might be asking yourself. Well camping sounds fun and all but what do you do all day at camp? Well here you go.
Relax......

Talk and relax......Or you could pose for a picture by scratching your face with a certain finger.....Hee Hee(I just couldn't post it)

Hang around

Torture your baby sister

Play with someone's camera when she wasn't looking and get a picture.

Play with the fire

Watch everyone else play games.

Borrow your anunt's camera and take a picture of your baby sister. (by Jackson)

Play on the four wheeler....

Pretend to drive the four wheeler....

Play games like Yatzee and Skip Bo all day and most of the night.

Let's not forget about eating. You get to eat Breakfast, lunch, and dinner of course. But then there are snacks all day. and yummy s'mores at night.

The kids loved being able to ride their bikes everywhere.

They also loved going to the parks. One was right beside us, the other was across the park.

We had such a good time this weekend. I am so glad everyone enjoyed it. We loved it so much we are planning on going Memorial Day weekend, and The 4th of July.

To Camp or Not To Camp

To Camp or Not To Camp that is the question.

The answer is always 'To Camp'

We have been camping the last to weekends in our camper. I will have to take pictures of the camper and post them on my blog. It is sure isn't the nicest on the lot but it's not a tent.
I grew up camping. My sister still takes her kids camping every year for over a week to the campground we grew up at called Tub Run. I always wondered how it got that name. I mean Tub Run really isn't a great name unless it has a great story behind it.
I have alot of really great memories camping with my family and I hope my children will have alot of great camping memories too. The only difference is that when I was a kid there were alot of families that went camping and now it is only us. I mean don't get me wrong we love it but it would be alot more fun if other families (amanda, courtney, the pittman's, or my karin) loved it like we did. Maybe one day. I mean it is possible right.

then again I wonder how we find the time we are always so busy and the last two weekends it seemed like alot just to get out of town. BUT then when we get here there is a calmness, and a togetherness, that I just can't explain. I mean we see our kids everyday but camping we experience our kids.

I really think it is cheating the way we camp. I mean we have all the comforts of home like AC, TV, WiFi, Water, Electric BUT we still love it.


Happy 4th of July Everyone.

luv ya