THE BIG FAMILY CAMPOUT!

We went up to my sisters and brother-in-laws family cabin for the weekend for a family camp out and family photo.
We arrived Friday night around 9. My brother set up one of our tents and we bought another one…our family is just too big for one! After that we sat by the fire and tried to do the one word story around the circle…it was pretty fun with ages 5-57 playing makes it real interesting.
We woke up the next morning made breakfast and the kids played in the river and floated down it. Some jumped into the “hole”. It took their breath away but they did again…
After lunch around 3 it was time to start getting ready for the BIG family picture. Yes everyone in my family, my parents, and siblings and their families! It was quite interesting trying to get about 35 people ready in a one bathroom cabin. But we did it!
After the family photo we ate Dutch oven dinner! Chicken, Potatoes, and Cobbler! How come when you camp all you feel like you do is eat n eat n eat! I made a butt load of muddy buddies and they were all gone in about 5 hours of everyone munching on them. My sister made a really big 7 layer dip and it was gone in about 15 minutes…we must have been hungry! It was all really good yummy food!
Sunday, we all started packing up…kids played in the river again. We had a bunch of fun being together as a family and just hanging out! Can’t wait to do it again next year!

THANKS AMY AND STEVE!

All the Grandkids together!

All 5 baby girls born within 10 months of each other

Anycia and AJ, say CHEESE!

Our little family waiting to get a big group shot!

Jadyn floating the river!
McKade surfing the river!
Anycia and Kamri just chillin'!
Jake and Jadyn floating together!

Grandma Jacquie even floated the river!
Andrew jumping in the "hole"!
AJ jumping in too!
Then Anycia did it!


After a morning run I got a cheeser!
Kamri and Daddy floating together!
Anycia and Kamri playing in the river!
Zak and Cooper trying to fish...



McKade, Jadyn, Maddie, and Seder wanting to go floating.
The breakfast cooks.
The boys floating the river, McKade fell off his tube!

All in all it was a blast! A few little cousin fights that got solved right away. Nobody got hurt and we all had fun!
Our first camping experience together as a family was an over all successful event!

LOVER BOY!

Here is the sweeetest thing my husband has said to me within the last 5 minutes...
He probably hates it when I put things like this on here but I just want the world to know how good he is to me!

Andrew email:
"There is this poem I have for you.
I’ve been thinking about it and working on it.
Every time I see your smile, my heart adds another line to the poem

I don’t have much of it put to words, but… it is there and my heart weaves the poem and changes the words day to day.

Most of the time I struggle with what I am more in love with, or what my heart sighs over most, and then I see a different smile from you that I haven’t seen in awhile and the poem changes again,
Or I see how cute you are with Kamri, or I see you snuggling in the morning, trying to get a few last wink or two in before you wake up. Sometimes your hair is all a mess and you just look so cute and cuddly, it is hard to get out of bed when I just want to hold you and stare at you, wondering if I am just having a really good dream.

Anyway, just thought you should know that I am so in love with you.
You are my everything."

How do you compete with something so perfect? You can't. No words can say what I feel for him! He just needs to know it is me so much more! I love you so very much!