Franklin Falls

While we were camping we decided to hike up to Franklin Falls. It was a good way for us to warm up and give us something to do as a family. 

I have always said that when we camp I always have a way out.  So if there is ever a dire situation we can just leave.  Well, this time it wasn't dire but it sure wasn't pleasant.  Brad and I woke up around 1:00 in the morning.   We noticed Colt's bag was soaking wet because he was sitting under a drip in our tent.  We got him settled in next to us but I couldn't go back to sleep because I kept feeling a small splash of water on me.   That's when we discovered that there was another leak in the tent and it was dripping right on Colt's head.  We looked around our tent only to discover that we had about 6 or 7 leaks.   After sitting there for a few minutes we decided that we weren't going to get any sleep with a leaky tent and when the morning came we wouldn't be in a better situation.  So at 3:30 in the morning Brad and I started packing up.  We tried to do everything we could until we had to wake up the kids.  Sure enough we were on the road by 4:30 and back home by 5:30.  Then we made the kids sleep until at least 8:00.  

This was definitely one for the memory books.  

1st Camping Trip

We went on our first camping trip of the season over Father's Day weekend. We headed up to Denny Creek (our favorite) and got our favorite camping spot. 

It was a lot colder and wetter than we thought it would be.

Our trip started off with Brad getting it in the face with a wayward piece of a log he was chopping.  It hit his glasses and his glasses gave his nose a cut.  See the picture. 

 

Wet set up our campsite and Brad made an awning for the drops of water coming from the trees.   It wasn't raining (yet) but there was moisture that had accumulated. 

 

We roasted s'mores and spent some time by the campfire to stay warm. 

 

Thankfully when we went to the river we were able to warm up with the sunshine. 

I guess this is me sleeping....Darby is next to me. 

In the Lake

We had warm weather for our time at the Lake. It probably could have been just a tad bit colder and I would have been in the lake all day. Instead I took a few dips here and there. 

We had fun on Kayaks, paddle boats, paddle boards, innertubes and just plain ol' floating in the water. We all had a great time! 

 

Lake Life

We went to Lake Limerick for the 4th of July weekend. Our good friends have some property there and we pitch our tent. We have determined that we are inviting ourselves there every 4th of July. Maybe not....but we do hope we get to go back. We have so much fun. 

These are some of the things we did when we weren't out in the water. 

Game of Catan

Left, Right, Center

Building a Fort

A game of Monopoly Deal.  The boys LOVED this new game. 

Eating....because everything tastes better when you are camping.

Brad getting ready to cook up some pancakes for 4th of July breakfast. 

The boys wanted to sleep outside.  They did great.  Bo even made it through one night.  The 2nd night he came into our tent at 4 in the morning. 

Bye 1, 2, & 4

Here are our official last day of school pictures. Brody had Sunset Singer practice so we didn't get one with all of them. You can't win them all. I'm still in disbelief that Brody will be a 5th grader next year...and the king of the school.