We went for an overnight campout with our friends the Larsen's on Friday night. We had a great time. The kids loved the fire, smores, and dirt!
Arabella was not thrilled that she had to spend so much time in the stroller but she survived.
All of the kids wanted to put wood on the fire, so we had a great steady blaze.
The Larsen's did dinner and we did breakfast. The kids ate tube steaks while the adults ate the most delicious steaks! My mouth is watering just thinking about them. The smores were delicious. We realized that the kids really just wanted to roast the marshmallows and not always eat the marshmallow. They then hand it to you and say, "Look mom, I made this for you." We adults were well fed!
The kids actually went to bed quite easily and so we "big kids" stayed up by the fire and visited. The Larsen's are dear friends to us. Our kids play so well together and we just in general view life in similar ways. Cristi has helped me during this time of unemployment, to keep sane. They unfortunatley experienced the same thing earlier this year and truly know how we feel.
In the morning, the bigger kids needed something to do while we started to clean up camp. I hiked them part way up a hill and that seemed to do the trick, for a while anyway.
Arabella tuckered out right after breakfast. I let her sleep in her clothes because I did not have the hear to chance waking her up when she had fallen asleep.
Tents are always such a trick to take down. We all wished we could have stayed longer. The effort to stay longer camping is so minimal once you get everything loaded up and then set up. We will have to try to stay longer another time. I know the kids would not have minded.
Clean up time! Peter made his yummy sourdough pancakes for breakfast and we all had a yummy feast!
As we drove down from the campsite, we took the Larsen's to Robber's Roost for a short hike. Cristi, Brinley, Arabella, and I stayed at the cars and had a great time visiting.
Arabella was not thrilled that she had to spend so much time in the stroller but she survived.
All of the kids wanted to put wood on the fire, so we had a great steady blaze. 
The Larsen's did dinner and we did breakfast. The kids ate tube steaks while the adults ate the most delicious steaks! My mouth is watering just thinking about them. The smores were delicious. We realized that the kids really just wanted to roast the marshmallows and not always eat the marshmallow. They then hand it to you and say, "Look mom, I made this for you." We adults were well fed!
The kids actually went to bed quite easily and so we "big kids" stayed up by the fire and visited. The Larsen's are dear friends to us. Our kids play so well together and we just in general view life in similar ways. Cristi has helped me during this time of unemployment, to keep sane. They unfortunatley experienced the same thing earlier this year and truly know how we feel.
In the morning, the bigger kids needed something to do while we started to clean up camp. I hiked them part way up a hill and that seemed to do the trick, for a while anyway.
Arabella tuckered out right after breakfast. I let her sleep in her clothes because I did not have the hear to chance waking her up when she had fallen asleep.
Tents are always such a trick to take down. We all wished we could have stayed longer. The effort to stay longer camping is so minimal once you get everything loaded up and then set up. We will have to try to stay longer another time. I know the kids would not have minded.
Clean up time! Peter made his yummy sourdough pancakes for breakfast and we all had a yummy feast!
As we drove down from the campsite, we took the Larsen's to Robber's Roost for a short hike. Cristi, Brinley, Arabella, and I stayed at the cars and had a great time visiting.
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looks so fun! Glad you had a great time!!!
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