My Crazy Life as a Farmers Wife

Fishing & Camping: Clark Canyon 2012

Family Camping Trip 2011...

We spent this past weekend at one of our favorite places on earth...our family camping spot. It was a wonderful weekend of relaxation and fun for all of us...

There was plenty of swimming and playing in the river...

Fishing for the boys...

the girls painted rocks, and they made these sweet rocks to put around our fire pit..."We Love You Lisa"

cooking tin foil dinners...

rock climbing...

Gavin had a blast catching sharks and shooting buffalo with his bow...

spending time with cousins...

roasting starburst...

being silly...

noodle fights!!!

and of course, my hubby, the big tease, had to get everyone wet while they were in their clothes...

he would lay the kids down, head first, on the bank and tell them they could stay dry if they could get up...

hiding in a chair didn't work for Lindsey...

the kids all try to help each other...but it didn't work, because they all ended up in the water...

loading up the kids in the Ranger and taking them up-river to float down...

getting dirty!!!

Lindsey made the girls hula skirts with grass from the river banks...

chocolate licorice mustaches...

cheeseburgers over the fire...

tough chicks with their bows that uncle Paul made them...

mmmm...breakfast...

We made the girls little crowns, and Lily didn't want Sandi to feel left out, so she made Sandi a flower child headband...

what a nerd!!!

we had to try them on...

Favorite memories from our trip: Lucky went after a racoon in the middle of the night, and it ended up with the coon chasing Lucky, and Paul chasing them both in his unders and shoes; a thunderstorm one night and waking up to ice the next morning; the girls getting so excited about digging a hole for our porta-potty...they even made a TP holder out of sticks; Gavin spotting sharks, crocodiles and hippos in the river; the girls checking each other for ticks; Paul acting like Lily; the kids catching a crawdad; Lily telling Kaylynn she was beautiful; the boys setting traps for the coon.

Camping...

We spent the weekend in one of our favorite places on earth. Camping, laughing and playing with our family. I can think of very few things in life that bring me more pleasure :)

Things I will never forget: Gavin catching sharks, Kaylynn cleaning her bumper with diaper wipes, Russ and Carson snipe hunting, Kaylynn floating away in the river while Lisa yells "you're screwed", watching my son thread worms onto a hook and fish all by himself, Kate hanging off her buddy Landry (and quite often, Todd), having to yell at Lily for mauling Ashley's new puppy Harley, Paul's spackling job, my girls needing to use the bathroom 30 times a day (just because it's cool to go outside), grandpa's pickup loaded to the hilt with tubes and bodies ready to float the river, cousins laughing and swimming all day long, delicious campfire food, Lindsey trying not to ask dumb questions, the Fucowi tribe, mountain lions across the river and Grace getting "too hot" by the fire and moving next to mom, nightime baths in the river, spending time with some of the funest people I know :)

tin foil dinners...

that poor dog...somebody just can't keep their hands off of her...

gavin fishing for sharks...

roasting starbursts...

breakfast over the campfire...

floating the river...

a yearly tradition... as strange as it may seem...

painting rocks...and each other...