a couple days after we returned from heber, we headed back near there to go camping with the skinners and huishs (dan's aunt and uncle and family). dan started working so he could only come for the last night but i went up a day earlier and his family helped me SO MUCH with the girls. i don't know if it was brave and or just crazy for me to try camping for the first time with kids, without dan! it was a lot of work and not a lot of sleep, but so much fun. plus it was my kind of camping - a toilet, (even though it was basically a seat on top of a big pit of you-know-what but still WAY better than squatting), a shower tent with warm water (AWESOME), and the 'kitchen', pictured below, plus a 20 foot EZ-UP among a bunch of other stuff.
i like nature but i sure do like my modern conveniences as well!
gracie in grandpa's hat
making homemade ice cream by hand (madison is holding it). how? combine ice cream ingredients in a ziplock bag (one servings worth), inserted into a bigger ziplock bag with ice and rock salt, wrapped in layers of newspaper and taped shut, and then shake it until it's hard.
so easy, so fun.
madison and brayden were buddies the whole weekend and he taught her some new tricks. madison, who hates getting dirty, was running around the campsite bare foot by the time we left, covered in dirt.
we walked to the fish hatchery nearby and saw all different sizes of fish scheduled to be released at all different times in the future. you can barely see it but there was a little electric wire running across the top on the concrete - i was SO nervous about madison getting close!
steve wouldn't hold brett's hand for some reason....
grace was SO tired and fell asleep drinking the water bottle
on the way home from the hatchery we stopped at the creek, where the road crosses it, and got our feet wet. it was FREEZING but didn't even phase madison. she ran back and forth, splashing, kicking, and laughing.
brett trying to blend in while we played a game of bad mitten.
the top of a nearby hill - madison was helping grace be 'king of the world'. or queen i guess.
napping with grandma and grandpa.
we had fun.
looking back, i could do it again.
that is, if the toilet and shower were included.
i like nature but i sure do like my modern conveniences as well!
gracie in grandpa's hat
making homemade ice cream by hand (madison is holding it). how? combine ice cream ingredients in a ziplock bag (one servings worth), inserted into a bigger ziplock bag with ice and rock salt, wrapped in layers of newspaper and taped shut, and then shake it until it's hard.so easy, so fun.
madison and brayden were buddies the whole weekend and he taught her some new tricks. madison, who hates getting dirty, was running around the campsite bare foot by the time we left, covered in dirt.
we walked to the fish hatchery nearby and saw all different sizes of fish scheduled to be released at all different times in the future. you can barely see it but there was a little electric wire running across the top on the concrete - i was SO nervous about madison getting close!
steve wouldn't hold brett's hand for some reason....
grace was SO tired and fell asleep drinking the water bottle
on the way home from the hatchery we stopped at the creek, where the road crosses it, and got our feet wet. it was FREEZING but didn't even phase madison. she ran back and forth, splashing, kicking, and laughing.
brett trying to blend in while we played a game of bad mitten.
the top of a nearby hill - madison was helping grace be 'king of the world'. or queen i guess.
napping with grandma and grandpa.we had fun.
looking back, i could do it again.
that is, if the toilet and shower were included.
2 comments:
I love how Madison is sprawled all over the place!
Looks like fun - you are way braver than I am!
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