This past Memorial day, all of the siblings decided to have a camping trip in the woods behind Michael's house. It ended up only being Michael, Zach, the twins, William, and me staying overnight in the tents we had set up, but I even ended up leaving to go sleep at Michael's house around 12:30. So I'll try to tell what we did through these pictures. :)
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| We got to the campsite around 4ish and took several trips down the steep hill and through the brush to our 'campsite'. See that picnic table? We were wondering where we were going to set all our food and Michael was like, "I have a few boards up at my house that I can go get." So he went running off. Pretty soon I heard him come crashing back and when I looked over, he had this picnic table all thrown over his head. Zach was like, "Yep, that's a few boards!" We were laughing about that. |
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| Emily and Jeffrey ended up joining us for dinner so that was fun. |
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| After dinner, we headed over to the river to do some kayaking. I didn't kayak but Michael and William did. I took lots of pictures of Emily and Jeffrey instead. :) |
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| Nooksack river |
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| Michael and William |
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| Hahaha, they wanted an awkward picture and I love this. They both look so funny and awkward! :) |
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| Better |
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| Then we saw an eagle with a fish... |
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| Once we were done kayaking, we went back to have some s'mores. |
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| The food table. Trust me, we had a lot of food...:) |
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| Okay, I just think that this picture of Benjamin is sooooo adorable. Look at his little face. Oh ya, its an okay picture of Emily and Jeffrey too. ;) |
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| The next morning! Tommy, Janeal, Emily, and Jeffrey left after we had s'mores because they were busy with other thing/didn't want to camp. That was okay because I ended up getting a whole tent to myself. Well...until 12:20. Benjamin started throwing up because he ate to much and I freaked out because I always do when someone starts throwing up so I went back up to Michael's house and slept there until morning. Anyways, I came back down and the boys wanted to go see the water so I took them there. We were playing a game where we had to hit that big rock out in the water that you see. That was actually where I was standing when I took those pictures of Jeffrey and Emily the night before. :) |
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| These two. They are so adorable. Oh, here is a cute story. We went back and were eating breakfast and it had already started to rain but it wasn't to bad yet, and plus we were under a lot of trees so we weren't getting to wet yet. Eventually it started to rain harder so I found Alexander's baseball hat and put it on. He noticed I was wearing it and came and took it off and told me it was his hat. So I started to make up this sad story about how I was going to get all wet and how I really needed to wear his hat because I didn't have a hood like he did. I think he was starting to feel a little sorry for me, but it didn't last long because he wanted to keep that hat. Pretty soon though, Benjamin comes walking over to me and pulls out his hood so that we could both be under it. It was soo cute! He was like, "We can share!" It was so thoughtful of him. I love watching how those two act and trying to figure out their personalities. :) |
That was about it for the camping trip. After breakfast, we took several trips up the hill with all our stuff. I got pretty wet and dirty so I was thankful to go home and clean myself up. Later on in the afternoon, William, Janeal, and I went play games with some our friends and that was a lot of fun. Then I finished the day by watching YouTubes of military men coming home and surprising their families. I had a fun memorial day. I'm so thankful for the people who gave their lives for America's freedom. And here is a picture that really made me think of how some people who have lost their loved ones must feel on a day like memorial day:
