The Great Outdoors...

We went camping this weekend with my family and it was great! I love camping so much, even if I do have a tent. One of these days we will have a truck and a trailer and we can go all the time. I look forward to that day. The thing I love the most is how you completely get away from everything. No cell phones, no distractions, nothing to stress about. Just you and the great outdoors.

Plus, how great is mountain air? The best smell ever!

We had lots of fun, of course!

We got there Friday afternoon and IT WAS HOT! It was hot all weekend, even in the shade. But once the sun went down, it was freezing. I froze slash didn't sleep Friday night so that wasn't very fun, but the next day we got extra blankets from mom and Doug and slept great Saturday night.

We played cards. Once. Which is kind of strange because we are usually major gamers. I think the heat just made everyone not want to do anything but sit there and try not to sweat.

 Doug made some dutch oven enchiladas Friday night which were awesome! Saturday night Melissa and Jason made Teriyaki chicken, fried rice, and grilled corn on the cob.  See we eat well on our camping trips! That's one of the best things about my family, they love to cook! Not only do they love to cook, but they are good at it. They always want to try new things and be creative about it. I think that gene skipped me, because I would rather do almost anything than cook. However, I love that they love it.

 Grandpa Doug and the boys enjoyed shooting things. They had a sling shot and a pellet gun and when someone finished a soda, this is what happened.

I brought my guitar and serenaded everyone.

I don't know what this rubber-band gun is called, but it was way cool. You shoot the orange part into the air and, if done properly, it flies high and then floats down like a propeller. I caught on quick with shooting it, Jared struggled though. For some reason this made me happy. He is usually so good at things that it was nice for once to beat him at something. He practiced lots and by the end of the weekend he got the hang of it.

Lucas chilled in his playpen sometimes when all of us didn't want to hold him. He is just so cute!

These 3 boys are best friends and do EVERYTHING together. Playing in the river was their favorite thing, but they had to have sticks to use as weapons, of course.

We made sure to eat lots of good food.

Jeremy cooking up some breakfast.

Chilling in our man-made shade.

Yes, Jason is shooting water into Luke's mouth with a squirt gun. Don't judge, Luke liked it!

This is what we did to keep cool. It felt amazing!

And this is what Blake did to keep cool.

We had such a fun time. I'm ready to go again! Only next time we need to go to a spot with more shade.