Camping in the Wichitas!

Last weekend, the weather forecasted in the 50s and 60s so we decided to go camping Friday night and then hike and rappell on Saturday! Friday evening was so nice and crisp. We gathered wood and ended up with BIL (Kit's) gashed head but we ended up with a nice fire and the kids loved it. We stayed warm and had treats and had some yummy smores!

We stayed up and chatted and sure enough when the lights were out and the fire was dying down the raccoons came out to join us! Wish I had a picture, but you can only imagine what I did. After the crazy creature ran away it was time for bed time! We have a two-room tent with a pillow-top mattress (yes, that is my kind of camping). We stayed warm and the kids slept like babies, however we heard some hacking and sure enough it was Sharlee Kay covered in throw up! It was raining pretty hard so I had to use baby wipes to wipe her down.

Saturday morning we woke up and had bacon, eggs, sausage, OJ, oranges, and some hot chocolate. Nice yummy breakfast! Packed camp up and waited for the Choates and Shan and Briggie to get there! Mt. Scott closed most of the day due to the weather and fog so that meant no Rappelling, but ended up doing some hiking in the mean time and making the most of it. Finally, they opened up Mt. Scott mid-day and we were able to tour the site! So fun and beautiful! Here are some of the pictures that we took of our first camping experience in 2010!


We toured Mt. Scott and of course Jon had to get a picture next to the sign!


Mindy and I on top of Mt. Scott! So beautiful!


The Wichita Mtns!


The Boys!


We went on a hike and the boys decided to tackle their Papa! They love their Papa!


Look at that view! It was so beautiful!

Luke had so much fun camping! :) Definitely doing it again!

Jack and Brayden

You go Shan; sporting it out in the wilderness!


Eric and Jack Jack on top of Mt. Scott


Papa, Brayden and Kit on top of Mt. Scott!


Briggie (nephew) shoveling up a pile of DIRT! He was loving it!


Brayden loves to climb trees, so he decided that he wanted to climb this big tree. He's just like his papa!


Brayden and Sharlee Kay around the fire!

We went on a hike as a family and the boys decided to tackle their Papa! So fun!

Mama and Sharlee around the campfire getting warm!


While were camping Kit was chopping wood and ended up gashing his head open. A piece of wood came flying at him and punctured his head. Lots of blood everywhere! He's a stud for doing that for us!


Sharlee building her own fire!


Jon's fake gun!


Dad building our fire! He was born to do this stuff!