Camping Trip 2008

Aint' it great to be crazy?
(Karissa, Kelsi, Jacob, Sam, Gavin)

Sam with his cousin Gavin.
Gavin and his family joined us for part of our camp out.

Our favorite vacation as a family this year is this camping trip!

Are we happy to sail?
Just a bit nervous :)
(Mindy, Sam)

Here are the experts.
(Kelsi, Jacob, Bryan)

Easy Breezy!
(Karissa, Kelsi)

'New Horse' got to come camping too! Wow!
This is a TRUE family vacation!

Bryan made each of the kids 'walking sticks'.
They proved for all sorts of fun!
(Kelsi with her stick)

Hiking.
(Kelsi, Karissa, Sam)

Roasting marshmallows.
(Karissa, Jacob)

Collecting flowers.
(Karissa, Jacob)

THE BOYS
(Jacob, Sam)

THE GIRLS
(Karissa, Kelsi)

Kelsi--Her name doesn't mean 'brave' for nothing.

Karissa gets out there too.

Jacob also goes for it.

Bryan laid this log down across the creek for Sam and Mindy.
It was much easier to walk on!
(Mindy, Karissa, Jacob, Kelsi, Sam)

(Bryan, Mindy)

Sam LOVES his walking stick.

'Ohhh! Brrr, it's COLD!'
The kids had a lot of fun playing in the creek,
but the water was super cold.

Our friend, the chunky gopher.

We had a ton of fun feeding all the critters around our camp.
This one looks like it's holding a heart, but it's really a carrot.
(Photo taken by Mindy--we're planning to use them for valentine cards next year)
We had the pleasure of critters company our entire trip.
While we were sleeping, Bryan heard something munching
and crunching outside our tent. He thought it was a bear!
This completely freaked Mindy out, who could hardly sleep
the rest of the night. Turns out it was a raccoon eating a can
of Jalopeno Pringles that Uncle Toby accidentally left out.
Toby said that raccoon's going to be sorry he ever touched those chips!