"Camping"

Two years ago, my parents bought a new camp trailer from good friends.  We offered to buy their old trailer from them.  It is a 1984 that technically could sleep eight, but more comfortably sleeps 6-7. We're paying it off monthly so it has been very affordable!  Good thing they are nice!

We leave the trailer at the ranch and hadn't made it out to spend the night all summer.  Finally, Friday, August 29th was the lucky day.  We loaded the kids in the van and drove out for a fun-filled* 24 hours of camping.

As it turned out, our trailer didn't have water in it, so we actually slept in my mom and dad's newer trailer.  Ah well, it all counts.  They both have bunk beds, so the kids are happy as clams.

My brother Jord-man made this good looking sign and now the ranch** feels so much more official.

After arriving, we got a fire going and roasted marshmallows, made s'mores and had some yummy cobbler.

The first thing my girls always do (not Easton, he doesn't like getting dirty) is to play in the really, really, fine dirt inside of the pole barn.  As you can see, Devynee took full advantage of the dirt on this trip as well.

Grandma and Grandpa Wyo joined us just for the evening (no pictures unfortunately).

We got the kids down around 10 p.m. and they all slept great.  However, when the sun came up at 6 a.m. they were all ready to go, go, go!

We had a breakfast of eggs, bacon and muffins (I forgot the key ingredient for the mountain man dutch oven breakfast we were supposed to make) and then the older kids went on a 4-wheeler ride with Ron. Devynee and I threw rocks, climbed on the tractor and sat on it, and did general ranch-y things.

Then, we got out the .22 for a little target practice and a nice gun safety talk.

Easton and Kendree also spent some time practicing their archery.

When she thought no one was looking, Devynee tried to get in some archery practice as well. (Notice that nice, soft dirt she is standing in.  That's the stuff).

Then, we had lunch, one last 4-wheeler ride for everybody and we packed up.

It was a great trip!

*I have a profound respect for my mother after prepping for this trip.  Camping prep is not for the faint of heart.  I haven't had that many lists going in quite some time.  We should have stayed for a week instead of a day, but it was still very fun.
**Snowflea Ranch is the original name of the ranch.  My dad purchased it from a family who had owned it for quite some time.  We do not know where the name came from and there is no such thing as a snowflea (that we are aware of).