Saturday, July 16, 2011

Our First Camp Out!!!! July 15-16 (Raymond's backyard)

And the picture taking begins. I love this shot of Cody watching at Sherry's feet as she takes pictures of the first tent going up:)
Cody sure does get lots of attention. So, which Raymond will he choose? hehehehe
Sven got to sleep in the tent with his girls, minus Lucy who was hanging out with the moms. He said "If you tell the kids they have to sleep if they want to camp again, they do pretty well!"
Thank you Travis for letting Brent and Elli share your tent.
Andrew and Caleb, since they are so big, got to sleep in their own tent:) They were up late and then early:)
Elli was trying to put this pole together to help. She didn't help for long before the fun of the evening took over and she ran off again. Thankfully, these guys know what they are doing!
Everyone run!!
The little girls are pushing the big girls. Thankfully, the kids were playing nice and the big girls did push the little girls:)
Smores!
It only takes a spark...to get a fire going:) Travis played, we sang, Lily and Elli danced. Memories!
Yes, we put the kids to work, no, this was not work. They were pretending to build a fort:)
Thank you Sven and Paula for planning and preparing for us to come and invade your yard. It was a great time full of great memories:) Yes, Lucy, thank you too!
Some of our best moments are spent with our best friends. Thank you also Travis, Sherry, and Cody, for making this night so fun!
Hey, look, I was there too!!!!
Elli and Madilynn crawled into the "fort." (Originally made by Andrew and Caleb, overtaken by the girls:)
Getting ready to sleep. Travis and Madilynn allowed Brent and Elli (on an air mattress of course) to join them in their tent. We just may have to get our own one day! The girls were restless and finally fell asleep around midnight. Elli was cold and slept curled up against Brent's back all night. Sweet! The moms slept inside, and yes, we were the last to hit the hay!!!! What great memories and what a fun time. Lily was the creator of this weekend with her request to have a camp out. So glad it worked out.

2 comments:

Leah said...

That really looks like so much fun! I love all these pictures!

Megan said...

What a cute idea! looks like a blast!