Very LATE Camping Post

Since I never blogged about our fun camping trip with our best friends and Matt's parents last year, I thought I would blog about it with such beautiful weather just right around the corner.

Camping Trip August 2011.

We went camping with Matt's parents and our best friends, David and Kristin, and their three kids, Gracie, Katie, and Parker.

We went to a camping spot that Matt and I had been a couple years before. We camped near a slow flowing river near Pineview Reservoir. We camped for two nights.

First Day - Matt and David took Gracie and Katie down the river. Pops drove them up the river and we waited to take pictures of them in the river.

Getting ready to go down the river

David and Katie took a small test run down the river

Matt and Gracie took a small test run down the river

Trying to get out of the river after the small test run

Matt and Gracie. Check out her facial expression.

Me and Parker waiting for the boys and little girls
to come down after a longer river trip

Matt and Gracie

David and Katie

After playing in the river, we eat dinner and then had some-mores. The girls loved them especially because they got to eat the EXTRA EXTRA large marshmallows.

Kristin and her kids: Gracie, Parker, and Katie.
Check out Katie and Gracie showing off their stick hands.

Katie and her marshmallow

Gracie biting into her marshmallow

The 2nd day, we decided to go to the beach at Pineview. The water was pretty high last year, so the beach was shorter. This was great, because we didn't have carry everything so far.

We played in the water and on the beach. Everyone enjoyed themselves.

David trying to teach Gracie to swim.

Me and Katie out for a little raft ride.

Pops decided to take the raft out.
We decided to have a chat with him. 

Pow-wow in the water. 

Parker decided he would try and eat dirt.

Family picture on the beach.

Ma and Pa watching us and enjoying the day.

Parker playing and eating dirt.

Parker and the dirt.

Matt burying David in the sand while Kristin watched.

Matt sculpting David's sand body.

Matt and I continuing to shape David's sand body.

David lying in the sand

Gracie and Katie with their Dad.

Me and my new hat

After we were finished at the beach, we went back to the camp ground. Parker brought back so much sand, that we had to give him a bath.

Parker clean and free from sand

Parker smiling for the camera.

Before we packed up camp, Matt and I decided to ride down the river. All I can say is it was cold for my hands, but extremely fun.

Matt enjoying his ride down the river. 

I ran into a tree down the river and got something in my eye.
So I rode the river half blind, but still had fun. 

Life is so much fun when we get to enjoy camping trips during the summer. 
Can't wait to go this summer!