I know it was a long time ago, but I've been meaning to write about my camping trip but I've been busy.
This was where we camped. It was just above CDA. It was an ok spot for a late night camping trip. We got there at about 7:30 and everybody was hungry so we just decided to stay. If I had my PERFECT camping trip I would have probably kept searching for a place with more trees around the site so you couldn't see the tents next to you. But it was cool. It was right next to "Beauty Creek"- which was a dip in the ground with rocks. I'm guessing there was water there once. 
This was the "creek".
The night went pretty well. Brian started barbecuing the hamburgers and hot dogs while Amy, Tyler, Amanda and I set up the tents and the kids explored looking for "firewood".
During dinner I thought I had done a pretty good job at planning my first camping trip, I thought everything was going smoothly... until I got thirsty. "hey, did anyone bring the cooler?" "the red one?" said Tyler... "No, the Water Cooler". We talked about it for a while, "which car did it make it in?... I set had Brian set it next to Amy's van." amy said, "We didn't load a water cooler." so I started freaking out. "Did we leave my parents water cooler on the side of the road? oh shoot".... so i then started frantically looking in both cars where no water cooler was to be found. a couple minutes later amy said, "is that why some man was shouting at us?... He was saying igloo, and i thought 'it's in the middle of the summer' " So then I said, "no, that's the brand of the cooler" oops.... So then Brian calmed me down by saying, "if it was one of my neighbors in my complex they would bring it inside, and if not then I'm sure you're parents wouldn't mind getting a brand new one from us." Which was all fine and dandy, but that means our cold water-gone. Luckily that was the only other glich in the trip. 
And thankfully, Tom, Brian's neighbor who lives in #3 found it and put it downstairs in the basement for us.
After dinner, we had a fire built- not with the wood that Quianna and Elijah brought, Amanda and I went a bought some from the head camp site. We roasted marshmallows and had smores and cookies... on yeah, and strawberry marshmallows, which are really good but you can't really taste the flavor when they are roasted over the fire. Then it was time for bed. So the boys went in one tent and the girls in the other (the bigger one 
). Well, as always the boys were pretty quiet, but the girls- well that was a different story. Amanda, Amy, and I were giggling up a storm for some reason... well we're camping, and it's like a slumber party, so what do you expect? but it wasn't about anything really, just random stuff that I can't even remember. It was funny though because I looked at Quianna and said, "how you doin?" and she said, "confused" which the girls and I laughed at more.... So about 5 minutes later Quianna said, "Let's all play the quiet game..." which we thought was hilarious because normally it's the adults who say that to the children. Infact we laughed so hard that amanda said, "I can't breathe!" it was funny, so we finally quietned down... but then i had to cough, and then amanda had to cough, and then me, and then her.... until then amanda was like, "stop copying me". and I said, "i had to cough first!" and amanda and i started laughing to which quianna said, "Kim and amanda are loosing, Amy's the one winning". It was funny.
The next morning Amy got up early (she was the pyro of the group) and built us a fire. 
Then We pulled out Amanda's stove and started making breakfast. It was fun because we only had one pan so we had to cook everything in stages. First the Hashbrowns, Second the eggs, 3rd the Bacon, and 4th the sausage- I think that was how it was, I 'm not sure. but here's the stack of food.
Here's Amy putting the bacon on the grill. 
Tyler cooking... uh, I can't remember, I think it was the bacon.
Amanda and her apple cider. Doesn't this look look evil?
This is the creek that was next to the site.
This is the bacon grease... we had to do something to it. so we put it on a plate and then put it in the fire.
There was a bee in the tent when we were trying to fold it up, so Amy and Brian put it in the bottle. 
Brian was fascinated by it.
After we had everything packed up we went to CDA lake, and swam in it. It was lots of fun. Tyler borrowed a pair shorts from me.... he fit in them- should I be worried? (just kidding) Amanda and Amy taught Quianna how to tread water. We swam for a bout an hour and watched a water plane land on the lake it was really close to us.
When we got home, a missionary that we knew was being transfered so we invited him over to the house for some BBQ chicken- which was amazing. Brian is an excellent BBQ-er. It was fun because Tyler was able to see the missionary who baptized him since he was the companion who was being transferred.
and THAT was our camping trip! It was lots of fun!
