Come What May; And Love It: water play

Sunday morning was like any other until Clint and Madison built a castle out of legos for her horseys. Daddy made sure it had guns for proper defense, while Maddie made sure it had a door so that when the horseys said “Knock knock”, they could come in. When it was all finished there was a small battle, but no fatalities. When the smoke cleared, all was well and both horseys rested in their castle, safe and sound!

The next part of our weekend actually started off on Saturday with Russell (Clint’s dad) giving us a HUGE MONGUS tent, (it has 2 rooms AND a screened in porch!) so we were like “Oooo! We should go camping on the mountain Sunday night and try out our new tent!” Since no one could go with us, we had our first ever Family Campout!

Let me let you in on a little secret… setting up a giant pole tent with the help of someone who really knows what they’re doing (and with 3 adults instead of 2) makes a great big difference! It didn’t go up NEARLY as easy for Clint and I as it did back at Russell’s! The wind was blowing, the ground was uneven, and there was a cranky kid running amuck with our two dogs! It was definitely an experience! Even though the size was really great, I think we’ve decided to stick to our little dome tent for now because it is SO MUCH EASIER to set up! Maybe someday we will save our pennies and buy a great big dome tent when we have more than 3 people sleeping in it!

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Madison thought Clint’s flashlight was the coolest and would shine it up on all the tree branches above, until he taught her to shine it on her face and go “Bru ha ha ha!” in a scary voice…

Later that night, Riley (Clint’s little brother) and some friends drove up and joined us for smores, and were chased away by a skunk that our dog, M.J., had scared! Lovely, eh?

For breakfast, we made biscuits in Clint’s Dutch oven and gravy on his backpacking stove. While waiting for them to cook, Clint got bored and decided to try an experiment. He skewered a raw biscuit and slow roasted it over the fire! Guess what? It actually cooked and was (burned, but) good!

So, we spent that night camping on the mountain, bundled up and roughin’ it. We came home Monday morning and spent the day on the lake, in bathing suits and sun bathing! It was SO FUN! I have to say that I love where we live – we are so close to so many different climates that we are able to DO that! (And not spend all day driving to do it either!) Seth and Courtney had promised Logan that he could ride on Andy’s boat so we all spent the day playing in the water (and in the shade!)