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!
