Camping Memorial Day Weekend 2011

It's that time of year again. Time to bring out the camper trailer and head to Carnation. Our home away from home. Unlike last year, we had perfect weather...no rain, except at night when we were nice and cozy in our trailer. We started out with our foil dinners...YUM!Of course we had to roast hot dogs, a family favorite.This little pack n play kept Cody safe, while we were busy maintaining and putting up our campsite.

Just waiting for dinner to be done...

Decker loves his apples...

This is the cool suspension bridge at the park. Decker collected some rocks to throw off the bridge into the river. This became his favorite activity.I think Cody's eating a chip or pancake...

Grandma Wood came to hang out in the evenings...Gotta get some Cody and Decker time. :) And of course, a WELL cooked Hot Dog.

Hanging out at the campfire...

Something's making him smile...I love his little bottom teeth...

We decided to get a little wet. After watching Dad take off his shoes, Decker wants to follow in his bare footsteps...

We found this snail and Decker decided to collect some flower food for it. The snail just hurried on home though....no time to eat...

Love my boys!

Decker liked THROWING the Rocks...

Cody liked EATING the rocks...

Family pic in the CAMO...

Can you see the water spewing from Decker's mouth? Yes, that is River water...

Decker hitched a ride on the stroller. ;)

Decker learned to pedal his bike this week. He really wanted Woody to ride with him on the seat, but he kept falling off, so Decker had to just hold him...

Safe inside the trailer...wanting to come out....

It was a great 3 nights and 3 days away...can't wait till our next camping trip...Thanks Mike for all you do to make our camping comfortable and fun!

Memorial Day Camping

We've gone camping for the last 4 years in a row over Memorial Day. The last 3 have been at Tolt McDonald Park in Carnation WA. This year we went with a family in our new ward. Crystal, Gordon and their 4 year old daughter Kylee.

We had a great time despite the rain every day. Our little camper trailer kept us nice and dry and cozy...at night anyway...

We did have a break for about 4 hours on Sunday when the rain stopped. we took advantage of this time and rode our bikes over to the big toy and had some fun playing. The boys did tricks, they rolled down the wet hill, Decker collected rocks and sticks, and we took pictures.

Kylee and Decker

The Hunt family

The Woods....I'm 4 1/2 months pregnant...:)

Decker loving his Capri Sun....wish there was more sun around here...
We smoked a turkey on Saturday and it didn't disappoint. It was yummy and there was leftovers for turkey sandwiches the next day.

One of the hardest things was keeping the kids warm and dry. We had 3 pairs of shoes for Decker that we kept alternating through and he went through about 20 pairs of socks, and 10 pairs of pants! Those puddles are irresistable! He loved being out and running around. We finally broke down and ran into town to get him some Rubber Boots...Spiderman boots that glow in the dark! They were a little big and so it was hard to keep them on. But now they're his favorite shoes to put on in the morning, rain or shine.

Muddy!

His new boots...

Time for a cookie snack...

The best activity on this trip was the tandem toddler bike. (We found it at a garage sale the weekend before for $10.00!). Kylee was a trooper and pedaled Decker around the whole weekend,...except when he would get off and push her. (Decker can't quite reach the pedals yet) She had control of the pedalling, but Decker had control of a little brake handle in the back. Whenever he'd pull it, she would say, "Please don't do that!" in a very nice way. It was very amusing to us all. :)Happy, Happy kids!

That's what it's all about! What a great weekend!

When Decker says Bicycle, he addes about 6 sylabels to the word. "cycycycycle" Here's a video of him saying it. ;)