Memorial Day Campout.

Last weekend some of our friends invited us to join their annual Memorial Day campout with their family. Little did they know that the invitation would add 20 people to their campout. Not only did we bring ourselves but we also brought Jennie's parents, Greg and his family, and then some of our friends and their 3 kids. While there was a lot of people there it turned out to be a lot of fun. At times I bet there was close to 50 or more people there. This is a family campsite that they meet at 3 times a year and I am just glad that their family opened it up to us and welcomed us in. We all had a lot of fun and it was a great way to spend the weekend. There was lots of good fun, fun on the lake, games and perfect weather. We couldn't have asked for better weather as it was mid 80's the whole weekend and lots of sun. Here are some of the better pictures from the weekend.


Nolan got caught watering the lawn. Him and Tristan were not afraid to drop their shorts no matter where they were or who was watching.


Here he is getting ready for the water fight. I just love the expression on his face. Cannon would throw and bucket full of water at Nolan and he would try to fight it off with his stick.


Breakfast at the campfire. I think they may have worn their bathing suits the whole weekend.


Here are the kids playing in the small pool that was brought to help keep cool. I think it was used more as a watering hole to refill their cups and buckets but did help the kids stay cool during the days.


Jennie cooking lunch (hotdogs) in the campfire.


It may have not been the healthiest weekend for eating but the food was so good. Saturday night was fried chicken night. They had two huge cast iron pans that they use to cook all their food for the weekend. The next morning we cooked bacon and eggs in the same pans. I think we had 5 pounds of bacon cooking at a time. We cooked the bacon first and then used the bacon grease to fry the eggs and then even experimented with a little fried french toast. It was a heart-attack waiting to happen but tasted so good.


Brooklyn displaying her Chinese jumprope skills.


The kids playing "Hands Down" waiting for dinner to be done.


Maddux jumping ship to go join the "pirate ship".


Grandpa and Nolan going out in the "pirate ship" to wreak havoc on the lake.


A look at one half on the campsite. I think at one point their were 5 trailers, a bus, and 4 or 5 tents set up. Every night people would leave and more would show up.


Addysen pulling Brooklyn from the algae covered lake. It wasn't like this everywhere but there were spots with lots of moss. I was really surprised that Brooklyn didn't mind being out in the water and algae. I would have thought that she would have freaked out.


Brooklyn, Addysen and Brynnley going out for a cruise on the lake.


This was probably the hit of the weekend. There was a raft that they could go out on and jump off into the water. Thank you to Shad for being willing to take them out and spend hours out there with them.


Jennie and Payton watching the kids on the lake.


Nolan hanging on for dear life. He loved hanging out in the water.


Ty with the boys going for a little boat ride.


Payton standing in front of the camper just taking it all in.

Well we had a great time and again appreciate the Nye's hospitality for inviting us to join them. I guess we will wait til next year if they had as much fun as we did. If we don't get invited back we will know the answer to that question.