This past weekend we made an effort to go camping. It took us a while to actually say. "Yes, we WILL go camping" but we packed everything up and went on our way. We were planning on leaving around 10am on Saturday morning but our dear friend Jason decided to go golfing instead of packing up to go with us. =) So we waited (which turned out to be the best thing we did) and we finally got on the road out to Cold Creek around 11:30am. Of course by this time the kids are SO starving, but of course the food is underneath everything and very hard to get out. Luckily, we had plenty of snacks to keep them occupied for a while.
After driving for almost 2 hours we finally reach our campsite. We arrive around 1pm and it is hot! Fortunately for us there was a very nice breeze. Unfortunately, later that night that breeze turned into a gust of wind which would have blown us all away during the night except that we had huge rocks all all 4 corners of our tent. Once we had everything set up, we decided to go on a little hike. There was a really cool trail right next to our campsite. There was a rock that was right up on top of this trail. The girls made it the whole way with hardly falling down. After sitting on the rock for a while the girls decided they didn't want to be up there anymore. So while Matt, Jason, Bailey and I were still sitting on this rock, Natalie, Kylie and Kenzi started walking down the mountain. After they had gotten a little ways ahead we thought it would be best if we went down with them. Kylie had Kenzi's hand and they were falling more than anybody. Kenzi was crying out for me but instead of coming to me she went to Dad. Perfect for me. =D I can definately get down the mountain faster, but then Kylie kept falling and wanted to hold my hand. I slowed down for her and we went down together. 
Once we all got back into the campsite we had our PB&J sandwiches. The girls had forgotten they were hungry until we got back. By this time it was getting dark and we figured we should start cooking. We got our cool little grill out that Bailey's grandpa gave to us and started cooking hamburgers and hotdogs. I must say they were extremely good. That grill cooks them very nicely. By the time we had eaten dinner it was getting really dark. So of course Matt and Jason decide to build us a fire. When we got the fire going the girls wanted to cook marshmellows. Unfortunately, I forgot the cooking sticks to put the marshmellows on. 
So the girls went and found some sticks to cook them on. After a while of cooking them it got really late and all of us got really tired. I think the girls and I went to bed around 9:30 or 10pm. After we went to bed Jason and Matt made a HUGE bonfire. Not a good idea to leave 2 boys alone with fire at their disposal. haha. I'm just glad they didnt burn anything down or burn themselves. Very painful. Not fun. In the morning we had eggs and bacon and sausage cooked in the dutch oven. It was very good, but I didn't bring enough eggs. I'll know for next time. We also saw wild horses the next morning. The pictures I have of them aren't that great since my camera doesn't zoom in as much as I want it to. Of course the girls got extremely dirty, especially Kenzi. It almost seemed like right when Kenzi got out of the car she was covered in dirt from head to toe. That child can not seem to stay clean. It was the same way last year too. Natalie and Kylie are getting better about staying cleanish but still cant stop playing in the dirt. But I guess that's what camping is all about for little kids like mine. Getting dirty is just part of having fun. We had a great camping trip this year. I'm hoping we can do it again this year and not waiting a whole other year. Most pictures to come. 
