I Did The Unforgiveable...

I took the kids camping without the camera. A few minutes out of town Holly asks "You remembered the camera..right?". Aaahh, the moment of knowing you forgot something so important. Oh well, at that point, it's too late.

We had an awesome time. Holly & I try and take the kids camping every year. Every year we get people who say "You two, are going alone, with the kids...no men?". As if we can't handle it on our own! LOL! We did it..and, had fun!

We build fires, cook over open flames, make smores, built a dam in the river, climbed over rocks, survived bumps, bruises, sunburns and Tristyn learning that it's not okay to throw sand in the air, especially when the wind is blowing and you are in the line of fire. And, the most impressive thing we did was we were able to put Holly's brand new tent back into the bag it came in!

A great weekend with the kids...just no pictures to show you :(

Family Camping Trip '05

Landon was checking out our blog and noticed that I have been lazy about posting lately. We are having some great time just the two of us and he said he'd like to do a post. So, we looked through our pictures and he wanted to share our camping trip.

We have not camped since the summer of '05. Last year I was too lazy and wanted a restful weekend in a hotel. Overall it was fun, but nothing compared to our camping trips. So, for '07, it's camping here we come :)

Landon's favorite things about camping are: hiking, the wildlife, sitting around the campfire and roasting marshmallows.

Our favorite place to go is called Eagle Creek. It's only about 45 minutes from home and up in the mountains. It's also our favorite hiking spot. When we first started hiking there (before children) it seemed to be a spot that not many people knew about..now, it seems the whole world goes there. It is incredibly beautiful with a lot of waterfalls to look at and many trails to explore.
Last time we went, on our way up the windy road leading to the camp a baby bear jumped in front of our car. It was a beautiful bear but also a little frightening because I would assume that mama bear was not far behind. We did hear that mama and baby were also roaming around in the vicinity of the campground but we didn't see them again.