Ok... I will step off of my pedestal for now... as I know my mother's eyes are rolling and annoyance is probably filtering out of both my dear parents' mouths... but I just had to once again put my two cents out there hahahaha!
I love you mom and dad :)
So back to that camping trip...
Well we left late in the day on July 1st... so late in fact that the afternoon storm had caught up to us, and wallah we were driving in the rain (Justin, Melanie, the kids and I all drove up in the Durango with a trailer pulling the wave runner attached) following mom and dad in the beastly motor home. Pulled up to camp, actually got a great spot and started to set up camp... in spouts of downpour rain... but it was nice, and welcomed by us desert rats here, as we don't see much of that around here!!!
The following day it poured a bit in the morning, but then cleared up to be a beautiful day. Still a little chilly though... we aren't used to wanting to swim in 60 degree weather... we are used to the 100 degree weather these days. Everyone trecked on down to the lake excited for a cruise out on the wave runner... only to my father's defeat, it just wouldn't run for "oh more than 2 minutes" before it would die out in the middle of the lake, leaving my father to float back to shore and once again, tackle the task of fixing that pesky fun machine. Poor dad... when one thing goes wrong, everything goes wrong... right daddy!?
But we made the best of things, and still had a lot of fun. Great memories were made while spending quality time with those we care a lot about!
The following day, it was quite comical to see the rate race as to who could claim our campsite first... I mean we were the idiots with the awesome spot, close to the lake, LEAVING the day before the 4th of July.... what the heck were we thinking!? Well we had family to get back to and see off (shout out to you Aunt Julie, Zach, Chelsey and Grandma Marie)... and a 4th of July with memories to last my daughter a life time (that to come in the next blog).
So I hope you enjoy this story of pictures! Yes mom, I will send you a copy of all of these pictures as well if you would like!
Gabby"helping" with camp set up
brrr what a cold morning... coats and sweatshirts in July!? Where are we...? SURELY not AZ!!
getting ready for fishing
killing time with water guns and bouncing on the inner tube
Papa teaching his Gabby
Ready to fish!
my studdly husband!
ok... so my "funny" husband wanted to show me that one day I will find Mason being "a boy" and playing with knives... and see he already is...
Looking for worms for fishing... no such luck
Off to the lake
Gabby and her Papa Rod
holding the fishing pole very carefully
the entire "team" off to the lake
ready to go on the wave runner... will it work!?
red marshmallow boy is ready too
YAY IT WORKS!!
2 min later... ehhh not so much...
cute piggies (Mason and Auntie Melanie)
dirty little guy
piggy backin a ride to fishin'
on the dock at sunset with Papa
sunset and silly jokes!
they used strawberry marshmallows as bait (Gabby's choice for smores... YUCK) but Gabby got bored, and ate the bait
and to finish it off... some wildlife and scenery from the trip!
purdy white flower with lasting rain drops...
I thought this was cool how the camera caught the drops on the leaves
ginormous butterfly that let us get really close!
The gopher that bothered our site... and the dorito that was fed to him by none other than Justin and Melanie
Well it was a happy trails to us when we left (especially with everyone vying for our camp site) We had a blast, and can't wait to do it again!
Stay tuned for yet ANOTHER installment of our vaca to MT... next up.. 4th of July spectacular!
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