Camping with the Bohnet Family

Well hello!

I better be careful, or I may get back on a roll with this blogging thing! Brian and I were just scrolling back through the last year of posts. Am I ever glad I started this blog. To see how much the kids have changed, and all of the things we have done is incredible. If any of you out there think you should start one too, I definitely recommend it. Then we can link blogs.....I've always wanted to link blogs with someone ;)

I have a bunch of pictures from camping. It's been hard to pick which ones I want to post. We left on a Tuesday, Brian took us to Red Lodge and stayed that night. He then went home because he had the HOOTER's golf tournament (poor guy, I know), and the Airdrie Chamber of Commerce Golf tournament to go in. He came back up for Friday night, and brought us home on Saturday.

It was a fantastic week. Those Bohnets were so great to us. I was a little short on food, and so we just ate all of theirs. Shane did pretty much all of the cooking and the kids played famously together. Here's the pics....

This was the water where we played. The reflection was so pretty, I took a picture.


If you knew how much of an issue bum crack is in our house, you'll appreciate this next picture.... Since low rise pants became the style, I seem to have a little bum crackage occasionally (or you know, every time I bend down, bend over, squat, sit on the floor etc..). Brian has taught the boys to come and poke my bum with their sticky little jam hands. We have taken endless pictures of the boys bum cracks, but Brian always seems to get by without any crackage. This picture is priceless....and kinda cute too. The indian really comes out in Jake in the summer ;)





Brian, Shane and and all the boys spent hours throwing rocks trying to hit different objects in the water - this is Jake in action.....










Shane and Corina's son Reid.....
The third day was a stinkin downpour and freezing cold. When it would let up to a "rain" as opposed to "downpour" the kids would venture out to play and get rid of the cabin fever. Kolt spent hours playing with Travis's army guys. Unfortunately, evey time they ventured out too far, the down pour would start again, and they would come back absolutely soaked. You just can't pack enough clothes to make it through a day like that.



cute picture hey?

Finally, after not being able to really do anything all day, we loaded up and went to the little cabin. Shane brought the BBQ and built us a fire - it was a great thing to do, we had some much needed warmth, some room to move around, and some new scenery. Look at how soaking wet Jake's sweater is..... we were all that wet..... but very happy in our cabin...Fireman Shane, building a fire......



We did a photo shoot with Drew to pass the time, here is just a couple of the gems.....



This is what we looked like by the end of the rainy day........





The next day, the weather was beautiful again. Lisa and Reagan came up to play for the day - here's 3 of the little people sitting around the fire...



All in all, it was a terrific camping trip. Thank goodness for Shane and Corina, Shane was my surrogate husband (he said it wasn't quite what he imagined having 2 wives would be like - he worked his butt off - with no reward - poor Shane....). I was ready to go back camping 2 days later, but couldn't find anyone to go with. So we stayed home and worked on the house some -- that's good too.....

Love,
Jodi