Saturday, June 12, 2010

Camping Out with Cousins!

We went to the Sandy Bottom Nature Center to see about camping out for the night.

We rented this cute Mongolian Yurt for the night.

We all enjoyed looking out the skylight.

It slept six people with two bunk beds and trundle beds that rolled out.

We loved the gorgeous view of the lake from our cabin.

I am not a camper, so it shocked everyone that...

Aunt Nelda and I would take all four kids camping by ourselves.

The Camp Out Cousins checking out the campsite.

We went for a little hike to find a geocache that was hidden in the park.

The girls loved this little wooden bridge we found on the way to the...

Butterfly Garden.

I am still smiling!

It was all FUN until I had to roll up my pants and get yucky walking into the lake to get a bucket of water to put out the campfire. ;)

The girls by the lake!

Sweet Siblings!

We headed back to the campsite for the night.

Hanging by the campfire!

Aunt Nelda makes a BIG fire!

Time for Smore's!

Mia enjoyed her Smore while playing her DSi.

Madison wanted to tell some spooky stories with our flashlights and glow sticks before bed.

YEAH, we survived our night of camping! Even though at 9 o'clock at night Blayke announced that he wanted to go back to Aunt Brittney's house. ;)

This morning after breakfast we rented a paddle boat to take out on the lake.

Ready to ride!

Having FUN on the lake!

We can't wait to come back and do it again with Daddy and Uncle Guy!

5 comments:

Joia said...

This looked like so much fun! Go Brittny and Nelda!! =0)

Joia said...

Oops, I mean Brittney! =)

aunt wendy said...

very very impressive moms---looked like a great time.

Anonymous said...

I've been camping too for the last 6 months. Instead of hunting for Geocatches, we're looking for bad guys.

Hope to be home soon! -Clay

Iturblog said...

WOW! I'm impressed Brittney! Although I don't think you REALLY camped-no tent or sleeping bags?! Seems like kind of cheating! :) But it's quite an impressive start for you. I'm proud of you!