camping

Friday night was our ward's father/ son campout. Clyde was so excited about taking the boys out. He had planned his menu, organized the camping gear, and had even arranged to leave work a few hours early to get ready. He picked up Jacob and Penny from Gretchen W.'s house on his way home and then picked the big girls up early from school. I had Josh at the lazy 5 ranch, so when we got home, Clyde was nearly ready to go. We helped him load up the red car and they drove to the camp site. It sounds like a fun place to camp out. Clyde arrived and begun their fire, and unloaded their gear, set up the tent and campsite. Clyde said that everyone else migrated to thier site and they all enjoyed hotdogs, marshmellows, corn and the gourmet peaches that Clyde had prepared. They really had a great time. The boys ran around goofing off with fire, and only one accident. I think that is why the wife's don't go on these trips. I think that we would all be more cautious and more aware of the surroundings than what the men are. As a tradition to the campout, Clyde buys the glow in the dark bracelets and sticks and attaches them tot he boys so that he can keep an eye on them in the dark. He can always tell where they are by the glow in the dark stick. that is a staple to campouts...a must have for safety. The next morning, after the rain, Clyde began his breakfast...bacon and eggs and awoke many campers with the smell. He cleaned up their site, loaded his gear and then took the boys canoeing. They were home by 9:45 am and boy were they camp stinky. They all smelled like the fire and the outdoors. Josh and Jacob loved the campout, but probably not as much as Clyde.
meanwhile...
The girls and I had a night boy free. I had planned on taking them to see the new Narnia film, but once I began to think about it, I thought that the movie being 144 minutes, that Penny wouldn't make the experience fun. And since it wasn't the early bird price and being $8 per ticket, I thought that I'd rather pay for just the big girls to see it at a later time, when Penny could stay home. We decided to eat @ Chick-fil-a and play in the play area for a bit and then we were off to Target. I thought that since we weren't going to a film, that we could buy a chick-flick for way less money and have some snacks to go along with it. We bought "Everafter", the Drew Barrymore Cinderella story. The girls loved it. They chose sourbaby chew things, and some Swedish fish for their snack. Penny and I shared a yummy box of good-n plenty's. Penny fell asleep 20 minutes into the film, thank goodness, so we finished the film in peace. Even Uno our dog sat snuggled in the girl mix. Erin and Libby wanted to sleep downstairs, like a slumber party and they were in heaven. The next morning, we were surprised to have the boys return so early. We helped them unload the car and then I took the Wardlings, who were awake, to Rudd Farm to pick strawberries. In about 10 minutes, we had picked nearly 9 pounds of strawberries. Penny loved holding the little basket. We then went to Costco and did our shopping. We were all so tired by the time that we got home that night after 8. We all crashed. What a fun Saturday!