Family Camp Out

We went on our annual family camp out to Brentwood (near Alpine) with my family this past weekend. Brentwood is the best of both worlds. It camping being outdoors and still have running water with real bathrooms!! It was so much fun. It was so nice to get most all of us together. Catherine and Kevin weren't able to be there with us... hopefully next year though. We started a new tradition this year. We pieced together a denim quilt, and then tied it while we were there. Everyone that helped got to put their name in a hat to draw for it. Brant came out the winner on that one. Its a good thing he didn't mind the pink camouflage that we put on the back of it! And then for the kids they got to tie the knots around a fleece blanket and draw for it. Delaney was the proud winner of that one! Since the storms rolled in around 10 a.m. everyday we just sat it up under the canopy, and everyone had a great time doing it hoping they were going to be the winner taking it home with them. The weather was so nice. We didn't want to come back to the heat. The best thing about camping though is all the good food we have. You know its all about the food....not to mention our good cooks!

The kids all loved camping and being together. They were going non stop...unless they were told to come in out of the rain. They were riding bikes, playing baseball, crawdad fishing, roping cows, and riding quads to name a few. And every time they came back from whatever they were doing their stories kept getting better and better. Let me just say....they have quite the imaginations with a little exageration to go with it! It was hilarious to hear their stories. While the kids were out playing the adults were having fun too. When we weren't cooking the boys were brushing up on their roping skills, telling stories, or riding quads too. And the girls were making bows and flowers for themselves or their daughter's hair. It was great just hanging out together and laughing with each other.

We had a little accident on Friday night. Luckily it wasn't in our camp, but the Marble family from Duncan was camping just above us, one of the kids fell in the fire. He actually was sitting in the fire. One of his aunts had a feeling that someone could help from our camp. So she came running down there and told us what had happened. So of course, Jed ran to help. The boy was really lucky because he had been crawdad fishing earlier that day so his shorts were wet. So the only place he got burned was on his calf and his arm with 2nd degree burns. Jed helped them cool the burns down, and wrap them up so the air didn't get to it. The family took him to meet the ambulance then on to Springerville Hospital. They were able to bring him back that night. The girl that came down to get help said that on the way down the road was lit. She could see every rock in the road, but on the way back it was dark and really needed a flashlight. It was really neat to hear how the Lord helps us when we are in need.

Then we went to Sprusedale Guest Ranch for church on Sunday. It was a really cool testimony meeting. It felt really weird going to church in our casual clothes, but the spirit was still there. It was really neat.