Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Camping in the backyard

My mom came up with this crazy idea to go camping in our backyard. Since we weren't able to really go camping while I was in Utah like we usualy do we decided to improvise. We had all my Brothers and their families, my cousins and their families, my Aunt Diane and Grandma Champneys all there. We had dinner and fun games for the kids. We also roasted marshmallows and made smores at the fire pit. The adults sat around the campfire and talked and played a game while the kids ran around crazy in their pj's. We finally went to bed. Some slept in the tents that we had set up and some of them slept under the stars. Abigail had a rough night so I ended up sleeping in the house. We then woke up the next morning and fixed a huge breakfast and then went on a hike to a water fountain. It was a great camping trip. We had lots of family there and it was kinda like a family reunion. My kids had a great time and want to do it again.

Jacob roasting marshmallows.
My cousin Tyler and his wife Tracy. They were so much fun!
This is my cousin Cody and his girlfriend Sheri. I think that she is a keeper!
The kids having fun playing in the dark.

Aunt Diane, cousin Logan, his wife Jenna and cousin Hailey.
Hiking up the trail.
Nice butt shot Kelly. The waterfall was only just a trickle, but at least there was some water flowing.

MaKayla my beautiful girl.

The Manley grandkids. Top: Parker, Abigail, Bailee

Bottom: MaKayla, Derrick, Taylur, Jacob

1 comments:

Danielle said...

Okay, you can't call it a reunion because WE weren't there!!! And I can't believe how big little Derrick is. I wouldn't have recognized him if you hadn't pointed him out! Looks like lots of fun!