I did it, I survived camping! This past weekend we were one with nature, staying at Jellystone National Park in Van Buren, Missouri. We went with about 35 others from out church. We left Friday afternoon and came back Monday afternoon. Lydia was so excited that after we picked her up from school Friday afternoon (2:45) she stayed in the truck, buckled up ready to go until 4:00! I’ll admit I was anxious because as a child, I HATED camping but this time was different. Lydia had enough excitement that it spread to me. After packing what seemed like everything we owned, we set out. We got there around 8 that night. By the time we set our tent up and unpacked everything we didn’t get settled until around 10. Layton and I went to sleep around 11. Dave sat around the campfire with all the guys talking and Lydia enjoyed playing spy’s with the kids. Before I went to bed, I told Dave to make sure their feet were cleaned off before they got in the tent. The next morning I woke up to see Lydia covered in grass. Her white shirt was no longer white. I could have sworn she had more grass on her than was outside. I asked Dave why he didn’t try and get her cleaned off and his response was that he cleaned her feet! She explained that when you spy on people, you have to crawl around in the grass. Needless to say, she loved every minute of it! Around 4:00 am that first night I remembered why I didn’t like camping. The first night was humid, hot, sweaty, stuffy, etc...
The next day, we went tubing down Current River. After seeing a snake within the first minute, Lydia didn’t want to get back in the water. The scenery was beautiful and it was nice just floating down the river. After lunch, Layton fell asleep just like normal, in the tube on top of me! After we got back from tubing, Lydia got upset with me for making her take a shower. In her opinion, you aren’t supposed to take showers while camping! She was fine afterwards, when we walked out of the bath house and a face painting booth was set up! Both girls got their faces painted and of course Layton smeared hers immediately! That night we enjoyed sitting around the camp fire making smores and talking with everyone.
Sunday was a day of relaxing. The weather was cooler and the wind blew all day. It was perfect. We had cornhole tournaments all day. My girls enjoyed running freely from one place to the other. I couldn’t ever get Layton to take a nap so at 5:30 that afternoon she fell asleep standing up. She slept until 7:45 the next morning. We packed up and headed out Monday morning. Lydia was such a sleepy head that we just put her in the truck and she never woke up until we were an hour or so down the road! We stopped off by Lambert’s on the way home and had a delicious meal. It was a perfect way to end the trip.
I enjoyed being away from home; no laundry, no cleaning, no cooking, no tv, nothing but nature and friends. It was relaxing and I enjoyed watching the girls have such a good time. Our church has gone for the past 4 years but this was our first time of going with them but it definitely won’t be our last!
Cornhole Tournaments!
He must have won!
Layton talking to one of the youth.
Playing in the tent!
My baby was T I R E D!!
After a hayride one night. They made the kids balloon bracelets.
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