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Sunday, October 12, 2008

Our first family campout!

We finally did it.
We went camping; this time with our baby boy. It was our first time to take the motorhome out, so we all thought it was best to pick a park nearby, in case we had mechanical or any other problems. We decided on Cedar Park State Park (only 30 min from home). It was a memorable experience. The weekend was perfect; including weather (mid 80's) AND UT victory over OU. HOOK 'EM!
Deona, Monica, Ev and Grampy headed out on Saturday morning (Monica even got to drive and back up the motorhome into the camping slip!)
After setting up camp, we gathered under the awning with lawn chairs to watch the game.
Grammie and cousin Jordan met us out at our campsite. Jordan (along with his imaginary friend "Baby Jaguar") and Grammie had an entire campsite to explore; no time for silly football games. :)
Our friend Sharon (Auntie Sharon) later joined and even brought us yummy muffins.
Everett's cousin Matthew, Dondi and Roy showed up for dinner. Dinner consisted of hotdogs/links (for the carnivores) and veggie foil dinners for leaf eaters.
Later in the evening, Grammie and Jordan headed up to bed (literally-above the motor cab). Grampy slept on the fold out sofa, and Everett had the entire queen bed to himself. Well, his moms would soon follow after a their evening activity of S'mores around the campfire.
Our weekend activities included walks, lounging around, watching Grammie carve pumpkins and a nature hike to "Duck Pond".
Note: there are no ducks at Duck Pond, only minnows (The minnows however were VERY appreciative for the stale hot dog buns and Jordan seemed to like having a mid-hike snack too). :) Nonetheless, we had a pleasant hike.
It was a wonderful first campout and the kids loved it! We're looking forward to the next outing.

WE ARE HAPPY CAMPERS!


Our campsite.

Grampy & Ev


Everett loves walks with his Grampy. :)


Happy camper!
Grammie and Jordan carving pumpkins.

cookout!
Our hike on "Duck Trail"


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