Camping on Mothers Day

I found pictures from our Mothers Day Camping Trip on my work computer!!  Not alot, but a few!!

Ed  and the kids took me camping for Mothers Day this year.  It was fun to just sit back while they loaded the truck and i just packed my own little bag.  (I did pay close attention and picked up some of the important things they were forgetting.....bug spray, stuff for smores, you know the stuff ya just can't forget camping!!!)  We got a great spot right on the water at New River!  Ed and the kids set up the tents while i just sat in the chair....i think Ed was a little purterbed that i was taking this "sit down and relax Mothers Day thing" just a little too far.....but i sat and listened to some grumbles about how he had never put up this tent before, blah blah blah.....yes, i am the only one that has ever put this tent up, pretty much by myself and i think Ed was really wondering how i had done that since the kids werent making it very easy for him.....I did finally get up and help as it was looking like he might just have us sleep in the back of the truck under the stars.....i guess he is only used to the Marine tents which are always missing parts and he gets to just improvise and make it stand up or something.....or maybe, just maaaaaaybeeeeeee he has been spoiled with Jr Marines always doing the work of setting up tents....that is just a speculation and probably wrong, but just a thought....tent was up, we went for a walk, had fun watching the fish jumping out of the water.  There was only one other camp site taken, so it was relatively quiet.  we had decided since it was Mothers Day Camping that it would be as simple as possible for me, the MOTHER!  Sooooo, Vicki went with me to get food from Wendy's drive thru!!!  PERFECT!!!  Burgers and i didn't have to prepare anything at home before we left or sweat to death grilling them!  WONDERFUL, except for the incompetant peeps working the drive thru.  I started to check our order to see if it was right but the girl at the drive thru was giving me the EVIL EYE, so i drove back to camp.  Vicki and i saw a HUGE deer as were turning into our camp ground.  We were having soo much fun on our drive back! She loves it when i do my silly voice and talk about crazy stuff.  Our stomaches were hurting from laughing soo hard by the time we got back to camp.  Yes, we were missing like 4 things and the things that were supposed to be plain were loaded and the stuff supposed to be loaded was plain, so Vixs and I drove back to ge the missing items and the wrong things fixed.....i asked for the manager when i got to the drive-thru.  I explained what happened showed her our reciept and she began fixing everything with many apoligies.  Things were still messed up but oh well, that is just society these days, dumb people too self absorbed to really do anything right.  But, there was enough that everyone was full and we had SMORES still to come!  We had a fabulous night, not too many bug bites, totally fun being in the tent with everyone as we crowded around the itty bitty DVD player and watched Beverly Hills Ninja's.  Ryan brought his BB Gun, he is soo funny.  He always has a weapon on him!  We convinced him that he should surrender the weapon to Dad and he could sleep without worries of an intruder!  Our tent was full of giggles and peaceful dreams as we drifted off to sleep.....it was a Fabulous Mothers Day Weekend!  Memories to treasure forever!



Vicki was awesome in getting everyone packed and ready to go!



Ryan, all excited and giving a sweet face for a change!



Our Campsite



Setting up the tent....



Frustration mounting....hee hee hee hee hee



Ty showing us his ninja balancing talents



Vicki watching, slightly amused....

What would they do without ME?!!!  Mwahahahahaha!!!



Again, why is there NOT a rotate button on here?!!!



Down by the water the next day, hoping to see NO alligators!!!



He loves me.....



They love me!!!



Ready to go!  I wish blogger would let you rotate pixs!  Oh well! lol  I got my bag packed and my favorite camping clothes on!  Ready to sit back and relax for the first time EVER on a cmaping trip as a Mom!