"Camping" with Friends

This weekend we had the opportunity to go "camping" with friends. In all actuality they camped and we commuted. Our friends Karen, Quinton and their daughter Lily , along with other friends Kim, Dave ,Evan and Andrew plus a couple other families reserved sites at Echo Valley Camp Ground near Fort Qu'Appelle. Being only a 25 minute drive from the cabin we drove out and "camped" with them during the day and evening and then went back to the cabin for bedtime.

The weekend was great. Out of pure luck the camp sites were within eye and earshot of the kids playground so on Friday night the kids played for hours over there while the adults enjoyed a nice steak dinner and then engaged in some friendly bocci ball (damn Quinton for his long throws!). Of course the evening couldn't end without roasted marshmallows and smores. Ethan appeared to love the smore however it took him 40 minutes to finish the one and only one he had. Now that is savouring one's food. I on the other hand didn't have that will power and ate mine in record time!

Sarah and Evan having no fun at all - yeah right - they had a blast goofin' off together

Saturday was a bit raining but that allowed Sarah, Grandma Judy and I the chance to run around the yard in our bathing suits. Lucky for you all, Trevor was golfing so there was no one to take pictures !! Whew. The boys enjoyed (well maybe that was the wrong word-) endured a game of golf and then Karen and Quinton stopped by the cabin for lunch and a visit with my family. Ethan and Lily enjoyed cuddling on Q's lap for movies because on a rainy day that is just a fun thing to do.

Movies and flashlights -Lily's prepared for a Dora-a-thon - Ethan for a power outage. Someone is going to be disappointed! Looks like Q can handle it though.

That night we again drove to the campground and feasted on bush pies- another yummy camping tradition. What is better than pizza filling between two slices of bread roasted toasty on the fire! Hmm - I'm hungry just thinking about it. At one point during the night all 7 kids were huddled in Kim and Dave's camper coloring and watching a movie. We couldn't have asked them to be any better!!

Karen catching a snuggle with Ethan.

Sunday was a scorcher so we stopped by the camp on our way to town and played in the paddling pool for a bit. Megan got to enjoy the experience for the first time as we had left her home with Grandma and Gramps the previous two nights. Not alot for a toddler to do while camping except eat dirt and panic people by walking to close to the fire. Of course G & G didn't complain about the one on one time they got to spend with Megan.

When the rain kept us from the campground the kids entertained one another by building tents out of the two big chairs. Megan found her own hideaway under the kitchen sink -- a perfect fit!