Father's Day Weekend

Our first and only planned camping trip was this weekend with my side of the family. We chose our favorite campground, Jellystone in Fremont, since we will not be able to do Christmas In July like we love to do each year (Chad and Amber have a vacation planned that weekend). The weather was iffy on Friday since it was very humid and storms were coming in. It was okay though because we had just finished eating our dinner and had plenty of time to buckle down the hatch while the storm came through. And it sure worked to our advantage because the rain came at around 8:30 pm and lasted only til around 10 pm. During that time Ben, Trenton, Tyler, Gabi and I sat in our camper and just played some poker, joked around, played Catch Phrase and waited. . .til we heard the pop can open outside our camper and a knock on the door. It was Chad and he was ready to start the fire up for some pudgy pies and s'mores! Had a good time sitting around the fire til midnight or so and headed in just in time for a bit more rain overnight.
Woke up Saturday morning to some sunshine and some visitors - my parents, and Abby. Went to picture time with Yogi and Amber and I took the kiddos to craft hour to make a little something for the daddys. While we were there, the men entered a horseshoe tournament where Ben and Trenton actually got fourth place! Not bad...By this time, the sun was heating things up so we headed out to the pool, played some volleyball (in the mud), more pool time, family hayride, some laying around in our new chairs from Chad/Amber and family, some coloring with chalk and an evening walk before making our big dinner together. My parents decided to stay the night since the weather had turned out so nice and they put up Chad/Amber's tent and was able to stay for the fire for more food, drinks and lots, and I mean, lots of laughter! FUN FUN times. Abby headed home after listening to some funny stories and it was about time for us to hit the hay as well. We were all exhausted from the sun and most of us had gotten a sunburn somewhere.
It was nice to be able to sleep in on Sunday morning and each family took turns getting their father's day gifts together and to the #1 dads :) Ben got money - a baby photo of each of the kids with the same amount of money as their ages for each kiddo - something he needs for Canada, and a gift card to Wal Mart. Took the kiddos for another swim and came back for a corn hole tournament (Ben and dad were winners) as we started packing things away.

Ended the weekend with a quick stop for ice cream on the way out - another favorite at our Yogi campground!!