Camping

This post is quite late, but I figured this was a good way to reminisce about summer during this rainy and cold week.

This summer we only were able to go camping a couple of times. The second time, Kace's in-laws came with us and we had a really good time. Ethan gets so excited to go camping, that by the time we get to our spot and open the door for him to get out, he has so much energy that his little body can't even contain it all. Mart opened his car door and he hit the ground already running! And while he was running he was yelling "I'm running!". He ran up and down the campsite for a good 5-10 minutes before he stopped long enough to see what we were doing.

He loves camping so much. It's full of his favorite things! Dirt, treats, fire, marshmallows, more dirt, people, more dirt, and a huge outdoor arena for him to run in! It definitely shows that he's had a good time when we are back home and he's in the bathtub.

Now onto some pictures!

My mom and Debi both have "peapods". Little pop up tents for their small grandchildren. They are AWESOME! That is where Lincoln slept, and Ethan attempted to sleep for a little while. We pulled them out and popped them open while we were setting up tents and Tyler and Lincoln had somewhere contained and clean to play in until we had the tents up.



We made a huge dutch oven dinner consisting of barbeque chicken, potatoes, green bean casserole, Alan's baked beans and we attempted a dutch oven chocolate turtle cake ... which was a gooey (but delicious) mess.



After dinner we all just hung out and enjoyed each others company.





Mart had to show that he was there too. :)


For some strange reason, every time we would look at Ethan he was trying to take off his clothes. Once he got his jacket off, he would take off his shirt ... which we would put back on, only to have him take it off 5 minutes later.


We have a 2 room tent, which is so nice with two kids and three dogs! Ethan gets his own room, and he sleeps so much better that way! One morning, he was yelling for Mart to get him out. Mart got up and unzipped Ethan's zipper. Ethan was standing there stark naked and freezing! He had taken off his pajamas and his diaper. Mart got him dressed again and during that process Ethan looks at him and in his deep zombie voice says "I eat Zombies!" and leans over and play eats off Mart's face! It was totally random and so funny! What a boy.

Anyway, we had a great time. I'm excited to get out and go camping more next summer!