Family Camping Trip

I hadn't taken pictures for a while. The last pictures I took were when we went camping at Hayes Lake a month ago.  It was spur-of-the-moment.  We left at about 8 pm on a Thursday night and drove there in the dark.  The next morning, we woke up to rain...it stopped for a few hours so we could go on a beautiful bike ride by the lake.  Then it rained some more.  We loved it despite the rain!  It was so private, cozy, and fun to be together as a family.  Here are a bunch of pictures of it.

All set up in the dark.

Adina helping daddy set up our new camp stove.

 

Spif playing....he's so cute!

Clarence fell asleep on the way and just kept on sleeping....as usual.

 

We had one campfire after our bike ride complete with smores.

Oh, s'mores are sooo good!

Even Cliff liked the mallows.

 

Sweet and happy.

 

Yum.

Marshmallows are good plain, too...

Adina on her bed.

Making forts or playing puppy....something like that.

Always crazy, busy and wild!

We had so much inside-camper time because of all the rain.  We played, colored, and took naps.  Fun!

My sweeties.

 

 

We love camping!

Moving cows home

Helpful: giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service
             synonyms: useful, convenient; beneficial, advantageous.  (dictionary.com)

Yesterday, we moved cows home.  The kids were....helpful. :)

Clarence mostly because he understands when I'm telling him something that will help us.  For example, he was helping push the cows into the trailer. I told him to walk right up to the trailer, then walk along the chute back towards me shouting a little. He followed my directions to a 't'.  He truly was helpful.

Adina....convenient, maybe?  Matt had spilled a bucket of bolts/washers on the ground. It was convenient to have her with because he had her clean them up, which she willingly did.  Other than that, she was off on her own...climbing under fences, climbing rock piles, finding treats in the vehicles, etc.

Clifford...all of the words above. He's SO helpful.  A few of the times we loaded I was lucky that he was napping, so I left him in his carseat and checked periodically.  A few other times, he wanted to help.  When the weather was still nice and the grass was still dry, I tried to find a place to put him that didn't have too may cowpies nearby.  He crawls now, though, you know.  That made strategically placing him anywhere mighty difficult.  After it had rained a little bit, though, I found a sweatshirt and set him on there. He did pretty well sitting on that and watching us herd the cows into the chute.  He had a huge smile for me whenever I looked his way.

The cows were happy to be out of the trailers and home.

 

Me and my boyfriend.

 

 

Hey, Mom!

Hard at work, loading cows into the trailer.

Showing me the new baby that was born 2 days ago on pasture.  In case you're wondering, the mom's number is 595.  I had to write in on three different single pieces of paper for him yesterday. I don't think he remembered to keep any of those papers, though.   He likes to have records of all things going on.

The helpful little princess...without bangs.  At choir practice at church the other night, she came upstairs sans bangs.  Cute, huh? 

 So sneaky.

And happy.

And helpful.

And cute.

And squishy.

 

So adorable!

I have a picture similar to this one of when they were 2 1/2 and 1 years each.  Now they're almost 5 and 3 1/2.... I can't believe it!

They love each other.....most of the time.

 

 

 

 

 So there you have it...our day from my phone.  It went so well.  Uncle Chuck came to help. Clarence and he had a lot of fun together.  Chuck kept giving Clarence lots of treats. 

Now we have all our cows home and we can worry about other things....like them getting out. :)  Ha...hopefully not!

 

Until next time.....have a super day!

 

Remember to eat some BEEF today!