Camping

We've been wanting to camp at our new property and finally had the chance this weekend.  We invited Shandee and Ty's families and had a pretty good time!  We had blistering heat, thunder/lightning/downpours, and overcast skies.  So we sweated, got drenched, then got cold.  :)  Well, I did at least.  At least we were in our trailer- Ty and Shandee both tent camped.

Tom came up Saturday to see the place, and my parents came to see it for a few hours, so at one point we had four dogs running around all over.  It's SO nice to have a place that we don't have to worry about where the dogs are, or what the kids are doing.  They built forts, tore them down and built new forts, caught lizards, ran around like crazy, danced and sang and laughed until way past dark, rode Ty's four wheelers, kayaked and swam at the reservoir, and more.

We're hoping to do one little project every time we go there.  First up is getting Tim's machine up there to level out a bunch of trailer/tent sites, picnic area, bike trail around the perimeter, and places to park.  Then I want a permanent fire place with permanent benches, maybe a shed to hold crap, and a place for the kids to have hammocks, tetherball, our old basketball hoop, and if we actually ever do it, a little zipline down one of the inclines.

Might take us the rest of our lives.  :)  That's okay, it's fun to think about.  This time Ty and Shandee's families both made it up there before we did on Friday, and Ryan built some wicked cool stairs out of the clay rocks, down to where he put his tent.  They're awesome!  They're right down from where I want to fire ring, and he already leveled the area by hand with a shovel, so it'll make a good eating area.  Chalk it up as our done project for this trip.

Grateful for God's good earth!

 

Ummm... I just am realizing I took no picture of my parents except for this one where they saw my mom had just gotten there.  Ooops!