We look forward to our annual Labor Day weekend campout every
year. It truly is one of the highlights
of the year. Volleyball throws a
little cramp in the weekend. The
girls had mandatory practice on Friday so we once again needed to take two
cars. I left with the three littles
right after they got out of school – approx 1:30pm and Justin drove out and arrived
late that night with Abigail and Carly.
The campsite is less than three hours away so it isn’t a huge deal, but
it still meant I had to do all the driving and setting up of the tent, etc…
There were many, many hammocks this year and the kids spent
hours in them each day.
One afternoon we had a friendly little arm wrestle
competition. It started because of
a conversation between the YMCA-ers and the upper scale Decatur goers. My fellow YMCA girls proved their
superiority. Then Andrea and Erin
(both YMCAers) competed. It
was hilarious and intense – I took a video but since it’s not really family
related I won’t post it, but as a reminder to myself it’s a good one, especially
demonstrating bishops enthusiasm.
Camping is such a breeze now that we don’t have any babies
to worry about waking up. We only
had the three youngest in our tent.
The older kids have started branching off into tents with their friends
these last few years. I finally
got a cot last year and a decent mat so it’s become quite comfortable considering
it’s camping.
We took this picture after church on Sunday of the group of
kids (and an adult) that wore socks with their sandals to church – fashionable,
right?
We were so sad to see the weekend come to an end. Not only because that meant we’d be
heading back to reality and the craziness of fall schedules and back to school busyness,
but the Olson’s were moving to Utah and leaving straight from the campout. We hovered about these last few items
for a long time just trying to delay the inevitable goodbyes. Goodbyes are always so hard. They were one of the first families we
met when we moved to Snoqualmie.
We’re already looking forward to next year’s campout and
word has it the Olson’s may still join the fun. Love this group of friends and our camping tradition.
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