Campout

To kick off the week with my family, we started with a campout near Jordanelle. In true vacation form, our little family essentially showed up, and had tents, sleeping bags and meals waiting for us. Thanks again, Mom for making it happen!

Jon was on his way to Japan for a business trip the next day, but we caught some time with him before he left. He and Jeannine are really special together. :)

Nora was most excited about the fresh corn. She kept saying "Piggies eating corn," and would pretend to be a pig.

Miriam and Marc were there too. Miriam is expecting their third child this Fall, but you wouldn't know it by how tiny and chipper she is all the time. Especially after a LONG night in their tent!

Johnny had a good time bonding with two of his three male cousins. I guess we were just missing Isaac here, and the set would have been complete. :)

Nora and Johnny are only a week or two apart in age, and had a great time playing together.

My parents brought up what they termed to be "anemic homemade root beer." It looked like cream soda, but was definitely not. Despite its off-putting appearance, it was dubbed the "best tasting" root beer by all the in-law skeptics. :)

Nathan broke out his guitar which made him the most popular guy at the party. Miraculously, his guitar remained unstathed from sticky s'mores hands, and everyone had a great time.

Grandma was dubbed the favorite story teller as moms were off putting younger kids to bed. Our kids must have been exhausted because they slept the whole night in that unfamiliar, exciting tent.   

In the morning, we drove down to the Reservoir and had some fun playing in the sand rocks and water. Some took turns on a jet ski, others paddled around in boats and we all had a great time just being together.
Later that day when we arrived at Grandma and Grandpa's from the dirty campout, I promptly put our new camera through the washing machine and destroyed it (I never think to check Paul's shirt pockets, which is where it was. Luckily the memory card was still in tact!). So the rest of our trip pictures were caught either on Paul's phone or with my Mom's camera, which will come shortly. Anyways, hopefully we can replace our camera again soon! I miss it already.