I Went Camping...

The girls and I went camping last week. I know. I know. Stop laughing. Yes, I went camping. How come everyone I told about taking a camping trip burst into fits of laughter?! Well, anyway I did it and I had a good time too...despite some minor difficulties!

Danielle, Cari, Kim and I took all of our kids (7 in all) with no husbands on this camping trip. So, we had to do all of the manual labor ourselves. We made our own fires. (When I say "we" I mean, of course, Danielle.)

Cari and I slept in tents. If I was crafty on the computer I would use that pencil tool and draw on this picture, but please take a close look...See the tents? See the trees? See the road? Yep, that's the freeway. Let's just say Cari and I didn't sleep a wink that first night. The noise from the freeway was incredible. Not only that, but every time a semi drove by (and that was quite often) the freakin' ground shook too. I was ready to bail right then and there!! But, the next night I solved that problem, bought us some ear plugs and slept like a baby. The cocktail didn't hurt either!

We cooked all 3 meals each day. We (Danielle) even bar-b-qued!!

I refused to brush my teeth in the RV. I brushed my teeth out in nature like a real camper. Jason specifically asked for ugly pictures. Is that ugly enough?

Of course when you get 4 teachers together, we have a theme night! We had a 4th of July night and Kim bought things to make necklaces, tattoos, beach balls, airplanes, and glow sticks. We even all had matching shirts.

The kids had a blast. I am afraid I turned them into campers. Although they cried for their Daddy the first night in the tent, once they fell asleep they slept like babies. (I'd post those pictures too, but I know how sleeping pictures freak out Pumpkin Delight!!) There was a park right down the way from our camp site.

We rented this bike and the big kids took the little kids all around the park.

We played at the beach all day.

My girls loved having all of these big kids to play with. They even learned how to ride scooters. I am doing them a serious injustice in the athletic/outdoorsy department.

Don't even think we didn't make s'mores. Oh, yes we did!!

Not only that, but we made banana boats too. I know what you are thinking, fruit in a dessert isn't a dessert. (Or is that just me thinking that?) The bananas were stuffed with chocolate chips and marshmallows. No nutritional value there!!

So, are you proud of me or what? I slept in a tent, didn't shower, became one with nature, and survived to tell about it!!