We went camping for a few days, and had a really fun time. We went up Memorial Day, when everyone else was just coming back down out of the mountains. We like going when everyone else is leaving, and this time we pretty much had the whole forest to ourselves. It was nice not having to worry about 4-wheelers running over the kids, or hear loud partiers late at night when we're trying to sleep. I've decided that crowded camping equals exhausting camping.
We took the kids on several little hikes and walks, and they loved it. One of my favorite memories is when Bridget handed me 2 rocks, one of which turned out to be a dry deer dropping. Got to love it.
We finally grew out of our small tent that we got for our wedding. We got this a few days before we went. It's so nice to have enough room to sleep and move around in without having each other's feet in our faces.
Bridget thought running away was a really fun game, so she got to go to the time-out tree every so often.
Me falling asleep, and Bridget doing nothing of the sort.
Jacob decided to hike up this little hill with his stick.
Good times!
Jacob decided to excavate the mud out of the hole of the newly planted peach tree. I hope it survives.
The other day Jacob told me, "I would like to help you fold the laundry." So I let him fold the towels. He did a pretty good job too.
The first day of sort of summer temps (77). The kids had been begging to use the pool for about 2 months now. Bridget has no fear of the water, and kept diving in face-first.
I only put about 2 inches in it so she wouldn't get into trouble in all her exuberance. They splashed and splashed and complained bitterly when I brought them in shivering. They probably would have stayed out there until hypothermia set in if I had let them.
