Happy Campers

In an effort to beat the heat this weekend we headed for the hills with some friends. Any of you locals who enjoy camping but weren't able to come this weekend- stay tuned for further trips. It was DEFINITELY cooler there (we were actually cold during the night)! And it was such a peaceful escape from the city and the hustle- bustle of life.

I told Madisen we were going a couple of days before we left. She started the countdown immediately and was elated to know that this time we actually got to spend the night.

After camp was set up Kate entertained the kids inside their tent trailer for a few minutes by playing Candy Land.

Due to the fire restrictions we could not cook ourselves any tin foil dinners, so we had sub sandwiches- followed by S'mores brownies. They are a far 2nd from the marshmallows roasted over the open fire, but we were pretending.

Madisen, Mara, & Reagan had so much fun together! Sometimes with little girls 3 can be a crowd but I was pleased to see that this was not the case for these fun friends.Here they are eating some snacks while they are waiting to watch their daddy's repel off the side of a mountain. It was kind of a long wait, but they were troopers.

Repelling was the grand finale! The guys had high hopes of repelling down & then we would all take turns climbing. But the rope didn't quite make it to the ground so Bill was the designated climber to retrieve the anchor.

Yes, these photos were all taken from the ground with my 10x optical zoom lens- I LOVE our new camera!

My girls favorite thing was to ride the 4-wheeler! Caitlyn was especially fond of it!