First Camping Trip

We just got home from a two night camping trip at Grovers Hot Springs, one of our favorite spots to camp. It was a lot of fun, the kids had a blast! As the day approached threats of all day thunderstorms were predicted by the weatherman.....would be the one time he got it right!! It rained all night and into the morning the day we were to leave. The kids didn't care they wanted to go! So, we took two trucks instead of one just in case we had to sleep in our cars, thank goodness it was pretty dry when we got there (four kids, two adults...could have been really cozy). Campsite #73:I was really excited we were getting a spot right by the river because those always book up first. Turns out after a huge storm and all the snow melting, NOT so great! Check out this huge rush...

Very pretty, but very scary for me. I did not take my eyes off the kids AT ALL! We did get in a little hike....well okay a stroll. We decided our kids are kind of lazy and really weren't into hiking. We made it to the meadow...Just a few strolls away from camp and Chase did a huge skid in the road and got this pretty souvenir to bring home with him. Don't let the face fool ya, he cried for a good 5 minutes.Sadi was done walking once we got to the campsite next to us...I kid you not!! She wanted to be carried, she was tired, she was hungry, thirsty, you name it she used it! Daddy fell for it and carried her most of the way. I convinced her to walk for awhile so she could pick the pretty flowers. This worked pretty good for a bit. She was smiling from ear to ear.I didn't realize she had a plan in her head and that is why she was smiling. As soon as we got back to camp I thought how nice she wants to play with my hair while I read my book. But she was busy working her magic on my hair.She made a lovely number on my hair. I'm quite sure this was inspired by Rapunzel. Felt bad I had to take it out, those flowers looked pretty but man they made me sneeze...pretty sure some of those were weeds!The kids kept busy playing, and Kyle was kind enough to catch Lizards,Lizards,and more Lizards! Chase was so brave he wanted to hold one just like the big kids. Pretty sure Matt was hiding about now, he is afraid of them...chicken!Sadi spent hours gathering pine needles, she called them her bouquets. She said she needed them for her wedding.Finally it was time for a fire and S'mores. I think that is the first thing Chase asked when we got there (like as soon as we got out of the truck) if it was time to make S'mores. When he finally got to make them this is how close his marshmallow actually came to the fire.Makes for a pretty fresh S'more. I did discover the perfect combination for S'mores this year: Nature Valley Granola Thins. They have the chocolate already on them!! And we discovered the chocolate swirl marshmallows make the perfect combination.The veteran roasters do theirs a bit different than the "newbies". It goes something like: ignite, watch burn, blow lightly, devour! Kelsey's Charcoal mallow....ewww, not for me.And Matt's favorite part of camp is the ghost stories. He came up with a good one about a little boy "Johnny" who fell in the river, the very river we were camped by. In the very site we were in, who drowned and they never found his body, and every night he walked the river looking for little boys to "join" him in the river!! Can you say TOTAL freak out by this one!!! Pretty sure he didn't sleep to well both nights, and STILL is afraid now we are home...thanks Daddy!! Overall we had an awesome trip, can't wait to go again....maybe to a different, less scary place?