Camping Trip with Plumb's

This week we went on a camping trip to the Blues Mountains just outside of La Grande, Oregon. It was such a fun trip. We met my family there. Grandma and Grandpa (Plumb) and Bradley, Alyssa, Tanner, Kaylee, and Ashley with her two kids, Faith and Logan, were all there. The kids had the time of their life (except the bugs really got Kathleen overanxious).

Kathleen and mommy picked flowers for a table centerpiece.

We had a birthday party for the five July birthdays. Logan, Grandpa, Cody, Kathleen, and Tanner. Kathleen was so excited the next day because she thought she was five. When I told her she wasn't yet, she said, "Yeah huh, you sang happy birthday to me yesterday."

Cody loved the cake. In fact, there was an extra piece sitting on a plate on the table behind him, and as you can see, he got a hold of it too.
One day we had light sprinkles, but a lot of thunder. Brandon hid under the table until it was gone.
The girls prefered to sit under an umbrella a little more in the rain.

At one point when the kids were just tired of bugs, they hung out in the front of a tent.
Every one waiting for the rain to end.
We swam at a "river" that the kids loved. I would call it more of a creek. It was never more than probably 2 feet deep where we were.

The campfire is always the best part of the day.
Grandpa fell asleep mid-story one night.
Horseshoe tournaments were super fun, but it was way too hot. Is Bradley playing horseshoes or sniffing his armpit? You decide.

The boys crashed.

One time we were coming back from the potty and Brandon just looked so cute walking down the road with a big grin and his shirt tucked into his pants.






There was a ditch with a log across it that entertained the kids almost the entire time we were camping. They loved it. And, of course, it was the bridge to terebithia.

Ryan and Brandon built a linkoln log cabin.
I decided to try making a fruit tart off of a show from the food network. Kathleen loves to watch it and regularly asks me to make the food for dinner. So I guess she finally got her way.
Cody is really starting to play just like the big kids. It is so fun and cute.







One day the sun was shining just right through the window and cast this awesome shadow. It probably is lame, but I thought it was cool.

Also, we got shelving in our garage last week. Here is the before picture:
And after:
Complaint: My national geographic arrived today looking like this! I can't believe they even bothered delivering it. The worst part is that it comes in a plastic wrapping. Where is that? I don't know.