OK, seriously--who needs the mountains? My kids and Colby were thrilled with our backyard!
we roasted marshmallows and made smores over a little camping burner (much easier--and safer--than a campfire!)
we had all the blankets and pillows we could need/want and the kids slept great!
Dave, Danny, and Doug made us all breakfast on the burner and the grill!
and we ate it on the back porch (Mark wanted to go inside to get warm, but we insisted he stay out and eat because, after all, we were camping!)
Then we went fishing. . .at the Trout Farm where you're basically GUARANTEED to catch a fish! And CATCH fish, we did!!! Kyra caught the biggest one at 5 LBS! Darci caught the first one (with grandpa's help), Mark caught the most (3) and Colby had the most bites that got away, but also caught the last one! Yay, everyone came home happy!
Our catch totalled over 20 lbs of trout! Check out the size of these fish. Whew!
We returned home and cooked some of the fish. The kids loved eating what they had caught. Kyra especially wanted to make sure she was eating the fish she caught!
I'd say our first "campout" was a success! I'm sure we'll do it again. Special thanks to Doug and Evelyn and Danny and Colby for joining us on our campout and grandpa Mark for coming fishing with us. We loved having family to share this with!
That's the stuff memories are made of.
ReplyDeleteSOunds like a great time. We may have to do something like that tonight, so we can say we did something this weekend.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe YOU went "camping", that's crazy! It looks like you caught some big fish also! Glad you had fun and I'm sure your kids will be talking about this for weeks!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great camping "trip!" Thanks for sending me the link to your blog. I love it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea for a fun family weekend without the traveling and hassle of packing! Love it! I will let you know when I'm commin' down! Not 'til July sometime! Thank you so much for inviting me! (or did I invite myself?)
ReplyDeleteWow you guys went all out with roughing it- to think Mark was not allowed to eat breakfast inside- the torture! Way to make him stick to the camping trip! Sounds like you all had fun! You are such a fun mom!
ReplyDeleteI laughed at your backyard campout. When we did this in Oklahoma we were awake all night because the street lights were too bright and it was so HOT. Oh, and the mosquitoes loved us...That was the end of our stay at home camping! Glad yours was a little more successful!
ReplyDeleteHilarious, but it looks like a lot of fun! Maybe we'll go camping in your backyard since we don't have one :)
ReplyDeleteHow fun! That brings back memories of when I was a kid. We used to set up our tent and "camp" outside all the time! I want to know where that trout farm is, because we went fishing at a local pond in Daybreak and the kids didn't catch a thing. LMK will you?!
ReplyDeleteLooks like SOOOOOO much fun!
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