1st Time Camping with Kiddos

So, Logan and I decided last weekend to go camping at the last minute at the mountain property. We borrowed Kevin's tent, picked up some hotdogs and smores ingredients and headed to the property. The boys were in love once we set up the tent by the creek. (no water though). We set up Mason's pack and play and Logan even took 2 mattresses out the the trailer so that we would be "glamping" it up. We decided to stay in the tent to give River the full "camp out" experience, even though the trailer is there as a back up. Good thing. Chris came with the boys and River was so thrilled. Then, Kevin brought the whole family. We cooked hotdogs over the campfire Logan made and then tons of marshmellows. I think Mason ate 3 hotdogs himself. Marley pooped in Chris' hands. (You'll have to ask the whole story sometime) The 3 boys pretty much killed a box turtle. Then the rain came about 830. We all headed to the single wide trailer and all decided to sleep there instead of the tent due to the rain. The kids were in heaven even with the bugs, rain, heat and dirt. They only care about being together. A lesson I hope I never forget. What a great memory. Did I mention 11 people and 3 dogs in a single wide. Logan worked to get Chris a working fan so that Chris could get 3 hours of sleep on the sofa. All the kids slept together, or they started out that way. I woke up in the middle of the night to Chris telling me River was crying for us to get him. So River slept with Logan and I the rest of the night and kicked Logan all night. All in all, I'm proud of the brothers for making it happen last minute. There will be more.