A couple weekends ago we went camping with our good friends the Bybees. It was just what we needed! Spencer is our jack of all trades adventure man.....we knew we'd be in good hands but we had no idea that we'd be camping in luxury! I can barely even tell you where we actually camped because we had to park our car at the top of a road. Then Spenc came and picked us up in his truck and we loaded all our gear up with him. We basically went "4-wheelin" as our kids would call it down into this canyon to get to our spot. Tyler learned how to shoot and did a pretty good job! I never thought I'd feel so proud hearing that loud DING after he hit his target!
After breakfast we went on a hike with the kids down further into the canyon along this river bed. It was gorgeous and pretty adventurous for all of us to do. We hiked down until there was a drop off that was too dangerous to keep going. We went pretty far and the kids did awesome!
We were fortunate to have two Iron Chefs with us! Spenc had the mac daddy camp set up and we were eating in style. We seriously ate delicious food for every meal and Dave was just in HEAVEN!!! The Bybees know how to do things that for sure!
The kids loved getting dirty and finding worms in the ground. They started to make a little pot hole for the ones they had found.
I love this pic of Ashlynn sipping her hot cocoa right after she woke up. It was nice to have that after a cold night! It got down to about 30 degrees. Once we all went to sleep for the night I rolled over and saw Ashlynn sitting up just looking around. I go over to her and noticed that all of her covers were off and she was confused. I got her back in bed and I look over at Ty.....he was laying there with covers off....sleeping bag open.....and NO CLOTHES ON!!!!! It's freezing outside and he stripped down without even knowing it because he got to hot in his bag. He was sweating! Here I am FREEZING my bazooka off and I'm trying to find his clothes. I get them both back and snuggled in bed and get back in my bag and try to get warm. My honey is next to me sawwwwing logs not having a clue what just happened:). Then I hear Ashlynn go..."Mommy, I'm cold". So I let her climb in with me for the night and I was stuck in the same position all night. Needless to say when I woke up that morning I felt like I'd been ran over by a truck! Do you ever get a good nights sleep though when you camp??? Oh well, it sure makes for a good story!
We were fortunate to have two Iron Chefs with us! Spenc had the mac daddy camp set up and we were eating in style. We seriously ate delicious food for every meal and Dave was just in HEAVEN!!! The Bybees know how to do things that for sure!
The kids loved getting dirty and finding worms in the ground. They started to make a little pot hole for the ones they had found.
I love this pic of Ashlynn sipping her hot cocoa right after she woke up. It was nice to have that after a cold night! It got down to about 30 degrees. Once we all went to sleep for the night I rolled over and saw Ashlynn sitting up just looking around. I go over to her and noticed that all of her covers were off and she was confused. I got her back in bed and I look over at Ty.....he was laying there with covers off....sleeping bag open.....and NO CLOTHES ON!!!!! It's freezing outside and he stripped down without even knowing it because he got to hot in his bag. He was sweating! Here I am FREEZING my bazooka off and I'm trying to find his clothes. I get them both back and snuggled in bed and get back in my bag and try to get warm. My honey is next to me sawwwwing logs not having a clue what just happened:). Then I hear Ashlynn go..."Mommy, I'm cold". So I let her climb in with me for the night and I was stuck in the same position all night. Needless to say when I woke up that morning I felt like I'd been ran over by a truck! Do you ever get a good nights sleep though when you camp??? Oh well, it sure makes for a good story!
This was our first official camping trip all together and it was a great one. We had to make up for our trip last year without Dave when Ashlynn fell into the fire pit and was burned. I am happy to say there were no injuries and we all did just fine. I definitely have the camping itch and I hope we get to do it again soon! Thank you to Spencer and Irene for showing us a fabulous time....you guys are awesome!!!!
