Camping

A couple of weeks back we took our one and only camping trip of the summer.  Can it still be called summer? It was in October?  In Dixie, I think it would be safe to say that it is still be summer. 

It wasn't REALLY camping.  We stayed at the cabin, but the kids still had a blast.

Look at those dang cute kids.  They were waiting so patiently in the back of the truck while the guys worked on pulling down a tree that too close to the cabin.

All boys, even 30-year-old ones love to play in the fire.

                                                                       

The boys loved throwing pine needles and sticks in it.

                                                                              

We made smores.  Which incidentally, Piper does not like. 

The boys however ate about 6 each. It was AWESOME!

Piper was loving the fact that Grandpa got to hang out with us.

Ha, ha, ha!  Scott was trying to use my camera to take a picture of us.  I love my expression.  This was the 100th attempt and he finally got one. We were watching Zoo Keeper and we are all super exhausted at this point.

Up with the sun!!  Throw your cowboy boots on over your pj's and your set to go squirrel hunting.

JD on the zip line. He did it about 10 times and then got tired of pulling the rope up the mountain.  If there was an easier way to get the rope up, I think he would have done it all day.

Awww, my sweet baby!  She loved it up there.  So many bushes and so little time........

Tyson was so cute.  He made a squirrel trap.  He even drew me a diagram in the dirt of how he would build it and how it would work.

Waiting ever so patiently for the squirrel to eat the cookie.

Piper strikes a pose. 

Still waiting patiently.  He would have waited all day long if we had let him.

Josh and I spent one afternoon cutting and piling the tree that they guys had cut down.  It was a lot of work. This is next years burn pile.  The kids had a blast playing in it.  Everything was covered in pine sap!  They kept making wands out of the sticks and trying to curse each other.  Proud mom moment!  They love Harry Potter as much as me. 

Then they took to making fox holes in the branches.  Again, that is why everything is covered in sap!  They loved every moment of it though.  I am so grateful we got in one last trip and that we all had a fun time.  I will cherish these memories forever!