We went camping last weekend up in Williams with my family! But, before I go any furthur, I have to make a confession... we stayed in a hotel. I know, I know, that is not real camping (although, I'll have you know, even of those who really "camped", only Trent and Trevor slept in a tent and Grandpa Dennis under the stars! The rest were in motor homes.). :)
Anyway, the day before we left on the trip, Morgan got a cold, along with a fever. The fever was gone by the next day and we figured he would be just as miserable at home as he would be out in the fresh air, so we decided to go, but to stay in a hotel since it still gets very cold at night. I think he enjoyed camping a lot, actually, with all those grandmas, grandpas, aunts, uncles and cousins to squish on him!
Camping was a blast! We had LOTS of family: Grandpa Dennis and Grandma Vickie, who hosted the event on their property; Uncle Bubba, Trevor and Taylar, up from Phoenix; Uncle Dan and Great-Great Grandma Dea (do you know anyone else who can say they went camping with their great-great grandma?!); Papa John and Grammy Jamie with Darrell and Trent; and Uncle Don and Aunt Pam who brought Chewy, their dog, along for his first camping trip!
Along with Chewy, the other trip mascots were Bud, Rocky, Bocifus, Foxy Lady, and Husso.
It was a big crowd!
The next few posts will be mostly pictures from our trip! I had fun with my new camera, however, I felt a little frustrated. I was more interested in simply capturing the moment and it was frustrating to have to focus so much on simply learning the basics of how to use the camera. Uncle Dan taught me a few tricks, though, so it was fun to get to practice a bit!
Some of the pictures were taken by Darrell, too.
Enjoy!
Darrell had lots of fun getting pictures of the camp fire!
Grandpa and Grandma, the camp hosts
Grandma Vickie and Foxy Lady
Grandpa Dennis, Grandma Vickie, Uncle Dan, G-Grandma Bryant, Darrell around the fire
Malachi loved putting on Trent's helmet!
Beautiful Indian Paintbrush
Trevor caught lots of butterflies!!
Trevor, Taylar and Trent with their butterfly nets
Malachi admiring the kids' catches. I love the dirty face - evidence that he had lots of fun playing!
Trent adding his catch to the collection
On the lookout
Darrell's only catch of the day...
Trevor was the butterfly catching champ, though Darrell has the record for the biggest catch!
Great-Great Grandma Bryant and Foxy
(From from to back) Travis and Malachi, Grammy and Morgan, Trent, and Trevor
on a hike near a watering hole close to the property
Throwing rocks into the water - Malachi, Taylar, Trevor, Husso, Trent, and Darrell
Mo was worn out from all that hiking.
Trevor and Bud
Morgan hugging cousin Taylar
Grammy and Malachi enjoying the warm fire and s'mores
Travis playing with his knife
Putting on the layers as it got colder - I love that little bucket hat!
Malachi - probably doing his little kung fu dance that he made up
Travis taking Malachi for a ride on the quad
This is such a sweet picture of Alyssa
Malachi fell asleep on this huge stuffed penguin they have - he played with that thing for hours!
Malachi and Shelley
