Survivors

We are home and we survived our very first camping trip! We had a lot of fun, especially the boys. They loved playing in the woods, the dirt, digging holes on the beach (guess who did that?), s'mores and "Crazy Sleep Night" in a tent. We had so much fun, we are now on the look-out for our own tent.

Top 10 Things I learned on while on the camping trip:

1) I can build a fire! (Thanks in part to Survivor).
2) One can never have enough food, especially ingredients for s'mores
3) Park Rangers love to tell campers who stay up late around the firepit that it is illegal to be intoxicated in a Washington State Park. They will tell you several times. Two nights in a row. Whether you are intoxicated or not
4) If you lose a tooth while camping the tooth fairy will not visit you (well, it was actually Jax who learned this)
5) Tent envy runs rampant
6) Camping while potty-training a child is not as hard as I imagined it to be
7) Six year olds cry really hard if you accidentally throw their marshmallow stick on the fire
8) The ocean is very cold but children do not seem to notice
9) Do not pack fruits and vegetables close to the dry ice blocks in your cooler
10) No matter how careful you are, sand and grass always get in the tent, in the sleeping bags, in the luggage, in the car, etc


We were able to take the boys' bikes thanks to a co-worker of Stephen's who lent him a bike rack (the kind that hooks/straps on). We took one of the seats out of the van and were able to cram everything into so we did not need to use the soft roof-top carrier.

Photos:

We've arrived!

Our borrowed tent is up

Breaking in the new camp stove

A chilly day at the beach

The kids do not notice the cold

Jax digging holes

Sitting around the campfire


A slew of pictures can be found
here. J. took tons of pictures which turned out much better than mine so I hope to get a cd from her with all of the photos on it.