Adventures in Camping

To blog or go to bed?...That is the question. We have had such fun adventures, but I'm not sure I can stay up any later. It's 12:15...let's see what I can accomplish.

Yesterday, Greg and his parents set up a tent in our back yard. We had planned to go camping yesterday or today. And they set up the tent to see if we needed to do anything to it before we left. Well they decided that the weather was not going to be very good for camping. SO... we decided to stay in the tent and camp in our backyard. #1. It is a very good thing that we didn't just go up to Fall Creek Falls and set up the tent, because the tent fits 5, it would not have fit all 7 of us. That would have been a very squooshy situation!

So into the tent around 8:00 we go. The kids are SO excited! Greg reads them some stories and then reads them "the ghost story" of Samson in the Bible. The kids fall asleep rather quickly. I had had a long nap and just couldn't fall asleep at 8:30! Plus I hadn't gotten ready for bed, I didn't take my meds, I didn't brush my teeth, etc. So I layed there for a while trying to fall asleep with my back hurting, so when I had to pee, I decided I was going to go in and stay in. I came inside played around on the computer for a couple of hours and went to bed, hoping to have the whole bed to myself. So for about 2 hours I did and it was marvelous. (now if I had to pick between sleeping with my husband or in the bed by myself--I would pick my husband, but it's nice to have the whole bed every once in a while.) So about 2:00 AM Greg starts bringing the kids in one at a time. He said it had gotten too cold and he couldn't sleep and he was afraid that the kids would get sick. A few minutes after he layed down in bed, Ashley came in and her legs were hurting. So he got up with her. Poor Greg!!!! Anyway, we did let him sleep in this morning.

Then we decided to go to Fall Creek Falls, cookout, hike and then come home. I had never been there before and I was looking forward to it. Papa grilled the burgers and they were fabulous!!! YUM! Then we attempted to roast marshmallows but they never would get brown. The kids played on the playground and then we decided to hike to the Falls. We knew with the 3 kiddos that we needed to have a short hike. So we found a lookout and it was 1/2 mile down the path to the bottom. I was really shocked to see the falls. I said, "Is this it?" I guess since we have had such a drought here the falls was pitiful. Anyway, we decided to take the trail down to the bottom. IT WAS NOT EASY!!! Greg was afraid for "my" life and the kids. We got a little more than half way down and Greg walked ahead and saw that it got tougher. He was afraid that we would get stuck in the woods after dark, so he told us to turn around. I was the slowest! And I needed a lot of time to make it up the hill. Check out these rocks...like I said it was not an easy trail! Anyway, I still enjoyed it. And the trees and nature were so beautiful.

And here we are. We made it back to the car in one piece!

So there you have it-That was our adventure. Tomorrow should be a lot easier! I'm hoping to take them to the Pumpkin Farm.

Speaking of pumpkins...I have decided to join this group online that picks a monthly theme and we all share our links that we find on the subject and then we make lapbooks. I have not made a lapbook before, so I will post when we have it done. This month it is Pumpkins. I will share the posts I find tomorrow. Click on the picture or here if you would like to join in or check it out.

Catch ya later!