Showing posts with label camping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label camping. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Please Feed The Bears


Front view

Top view

Side view

Open- empty

Open- Fixings for 4 S'mores
Camping season has officially started for us. We have already gone once this month and have 2 more trips planned before June even gets here!! Our next trip we will be backyard camping, so I made this little lunch box filled with s'mores goodies for the hostess! It is absolutely adorable and even cuter in person!! I used Lauren's boxed lunch template from http://www.mytimemadeeasy.com/. The possibilities for this template are endless. I can't wait to make more of them!




Monday, August 3, 2009

Camping-Mohican 2009

The next 3 posts are a lot of the pictures I took while camping at Mohican this past week. It wasn't one of our best camping trips. It rained at some point every day. Out campsite was a completely shaded mudhole the whole week. So we spent alot of time at other campsites under their tents. I won't complain, we still had a good week. Other than the rain, the awful tubing trip we experienced, and the coons we had fun. Some of the kiddos eating breakfast.

Asutin & Mom

Carter & cousin, Ethan

A small portion of our camping crew.


Austin & Cameron


Austin

Cameron and the kids enjoying the play-doh! Good thinking on Leah's part. Kept the kids busy for many, rainy hours.


Carter enjoying a burger








Camping-Hiking/Mohican 2009

On Saturday the sun finally decided to shine for just a few hours, in between rains, so our family and the rest of our camping crew took off on a 2 hour hike. It wasn't too hot and the trails were shaded, so it was nice. My only complaint was having to climb up the side of this enormous hill. Could've use my inhaler then. lol My family :-)

Carter taking a rest on the trail, probably in poison ivy. lol


Carter


The view
Carter with Daddy


Austin



My beautiful family

Cousin, Zane & Austin

Cameron


Dustin & I

Carter and cousins, Nate & Ethan


Dustin & I












Camping - Tubing/Mohican 2009

These pictures are backwards in order, but you get the idea. They tell me that the water was freezing, and I believe them because it was raining and only about 67 degrees. This was the little river that ran behind our campers. It was shallow and calm, but a few days later when we tried to tube the big river after a lot of rain it was anything but shallow and calm! It was my first tubing trip in years and it was an awful experience, and I will just leave it at that! Stay tuned because I have lots more pictures to share with you through out the day! And away they go!



Bye-bye!


Some of the dads brave the cold, rainy weather to take all these kiddos tubing.



Austin and cousin, Zane.




The boys, along with some family and friends getting ready to float down the river. Unfortunately, as soon as the tubes hit the water it started to rain.



Our crew ready to hit the water.



Cameron


Carter








Carter and Austin and cousins.










Sunday, July 19, 2009

Happy 7th Birthday Cameron

Cameron and Hemi sharing a hug after they both just woke up.

Cam's birthday brownies.

This is Cam' birthday card.


A close-up of the card.
7 years ago today I was blessed with my second son, Cameron.
We spent another weekend camping and today sang Happy Birthday to him as he made a wish over a pan of brownies. We will have a party for him and Carter next weekend with a real cake, but didn't want him to think his birthday was overlooked. I was a little nervous about the weather forcast for the weekend because it was calling for rain Friday through Sunday. It gave off a few sprinkles now and them, but overall was a beautiful weekend. The kids even swam the better part of Saturday, even though it barely made it above 70 degrees, and found out I am a decent cornhole player. We will take a week and a half off of camping. Then it's our big 5 day trip with tons of family and friends. If I had to guess there will probably be around 30 kids there, but I'm am probably underestimating! The card is fairly simple, but for his party we are doing a crayola art type theme, so I went for brighter colors on this one. Well, I am off to bed because I am absolutely exhausted and a little upset that my cell phone died on me today. So instead of sitting here pouting about it I will catch up on my much needed sleep.
HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY CAM-MAN!



Monday, July 13, 2009

Camping- Jellystone Yogi Bear Park

We had a wonderful weekend camping at Yogi Bear park. The weathr wa perfect, except for a pop up thunderstorm that came in Saturday morning around 7:30 and only lasted about an hour. Everything dried up quickly so I am greatful that we didn't have to spend the day in the camper. It's about a 2 hour drive from where we live. The kids and the dog did excellent for the drive, so it was worth it.
Carter with pop tart on his face.

All my boys enjoying camp food cooked over the fire.



Austin would be content to fish the entire weekend.



Bear Hugs from the Payne gang!



Carter enjoying a swim.




The boys crossing the suspension bridge over the fishing pond.





Cameron and Hemi were buds all weekend and she couldn't have been better behaved.
So there is a wrap up of our weekend. We are camping again next weekend at a different place with my sister-in-law and her family. Can't wait!







Monday, June 1, 2009

Camping Pics

*Second post for today. Scroll down for earlier post*
Over the weekend we went camping with several other families. The weather was perfect and I don't think I've laughed that hard in a really long time.
Cameron chowing on some watermelon.

Austin's 10th birthday was this past Monday, so we had cake for him.

Carter not even sure if he likes watermelon.


Most of the weekend you could find Austin fishing. That is his favorite thing to do while camping.