Family Portrait

Family Portrait
"But Mom, what if a train comes?"

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Summer Camping

We took our kids camping this week. How much stuff can you fit into a mini-van?
My parents got us this AWESOME caddy that holds all kinds of things. We loved it. Here is Ryan putting as much stuff on it as he can.
And of course, the hot dogs:
Cody was so funny walking around with swords in his pants.
The best part about our site is that it was 10 steps to the lake.

The kids were hilarious playing cards and giggling.
Brandon had the time of his life. He LOVED going for "hikes" and found this cool tree on one of his hikes.
One night the kids were wound up (probably because we ate a million marshmallows every night). They were in the tent and not going to sleep. Ryan decided to teach them a lesson and pretended to be a bear attacking the tent. The kids freaked out and cried. But they went to sleep well after that. And yes, we are known for our amazing parenting skills.
Dancing to "Father Abraham".
We had a ton of fun on this rope swing.



Kathleen had a scary fall on one of her jumps and decided to go again afterwards. But she couldn't handle it and just laid on the tree and cried. I told her she didn't have to go again, but she insisted that she had to do it again. So I told her to take her time. She cried for a while, but then she did it. Funny girl.

Horseshoes:
We had fun making an oven out of a cardboard box and foil.


Mmmmm. Best cookies ever!
Enjoy the rope swing videos:

2 comments:

Madsen Family said...

Looks like fun. Kathleen is so very brave. You sure take a lot of stuff camping:) Good thing you have a mini-van!

Unknown said...

Oh man...I wish I could have come! Except the Hawaii water was much prettier than that water...