Camping with the Grandparents

Grandma & Grandpa Oregon were back this weekend returning our kids. I can't believe they were gone almost the whole summer. School starts in a week so we thought it would be fun to go camping at least once this summer! Overall it was fun, but there were a few frustrating moments, which can be expected camping with a 2 year old.

Here is Ella with dirty hands and a few minutes later realized her feet were dirty also. So grandpa being the nice guy he is put on her tennis shoes.

Here is Ella all happy again, clean hands and feet. Notice she has like 4 bandaids on her knees, this kid trips ALOT!


We tried out Dutch Ovens for the first time. Nathan did a great job figuring it out. We had a roast with potatoes, carrots and onions. . . .

and cherry cobbler for dessert. soooo good!

After Ella went to bed Nathan, Emma, Ethan and I walked down to the river. We ended up seeing some bright red fish swimming up stream.

It wouldn't be camping if you didn't play in the fire.

Emma was quite the monkey. Ethan was not as lucky.

What a small world! We ended up seeing my good friend Mike. He was nice enough to take some of the guys from church four-wheeling so he hung out with us while they were out having some fun.