Camping!

For fall break we decided to brave the woods and go camping. For only a two night stay it felt like all week that we were camping. The kids couldn't have been more excited to go. We met Aaron's sister Heather and her kids there along with a lot of other Mormons who like to camp (In other words: 70% old farts who I adore and 30%families our age).

As always, the drive is always an adventure. If I could put a sound clip in all you would hear is crying. We were a 1/4 mile from our turnoff to the camp and we had to wait 15-20 minutes for construction stuff on the road.


Home sweet home. We have a love hate relationship with this tent. It is a pain to lug and set up but so spacious and cozy inside.

Ivy was constantly getting into things. This was the hardest part about camping. I was always worried about where she had wandered off to or what she was getting into. Her favorite things to drive me crazy with: water bottles, marshmallow roasters, hand washing water (loved to take her shirt off and wash her own clothes), unzipping and running amuck in Heather's tent, and basically anything sitting on the tables. Nap time was hard, and bed time was even worse. She learned how to crawl out of her crib which she does all the time now at home.

The other kids were so easy and loved to play together. They made this table because ours weren't good enough and they could all sit at this one.

There was lots of coloring...

and a very fussy, gassy baby who wanted to be held the entire time. He refused naps to the fullest but thankfully slept like a dream at night. He was tough too.

Proof that I was there. But if I wasn't there then you wouldn't get all of these pictures.

Making felted rocks. Confused? I have no idea what the purpose of this was either but the kids loved their felted rocks.

We ended up camping next to a pot of gold. We met a nice couple by the name of Marsha and Kenny Petitt about our age. He made two log benches and had a rope swing for the kids to enjoy. The kids loved sitting on these benches over their camping chairs. Marsha was a wealth of knowledge and I picked her brain about herbs, muscle testing and anything else she wanted to share.

The camp was crawling with tarantulas! There were these boys who kept them in jars and took them home. They also let them crawl all over their arms and hands.

I was surprised to see Elsie and Heber hit it off. They would make each other laugh and I continuously found them chumming around together.

More proof that I was there and wasn't nursing the whole time. This is the swing he made. He even left it there for the next lucky family.

There was one morning that Aaron gave all the kids turns on the swing. He would swing them as high as he could.

Skit time by Halle, Conner, Alex, and Anna. This is the audience.

Even though we had a good time, I think I am good not camping for a while. Maybe til the kids are all above the age of 3.

"I made you a smoothie!" ( my favorite line from Kid History Episode 6)

I am proud to say that I have taught my kids to eat my kale and spinach green smoothies. I will even give Aaron some and he will say, "the kids ate this?" Which makes me even more proud because then I know they are healthy tasting. The kids beg for them and devour them. And then they beg for more! I like to add spirulina, super food, bananas, chia seeds, mango, strawberries, peaches, and coconut milk.

Ivy especially loves them.

My wittle smoothie girl.