2nd Annual Cousin Campout

What a weekend we just had! When we finally were able to leave the house (3 hours after we planned) and get Blake out of the hot locked car (terrifying!!), we had a great weekend with our family! We had a Cousin's Campout on Friday night at Mom and Dad's. On Sunday, we had family pictures made (as you can see a glimpse below). We set up camp behind Mom and Dad's house in the field behind their big barn. It was perfect, quiet and great area for a big fire (I think Mom threatened to burn the barn down at one point to get rid of it...?? heehee). Here is Tyler getting the tent ready for the night - but don't let him fool you. He and Madison didn't even try to sleep outside. They were too scared. As Madison says, "we are not happy campers". Oh well.

Here are the older girls (Morgan, Jamie and Ashton) in their tent. And they did try to sleep outside but ended up coming in the house around 5am due to the down pour of rain! Jamie's pillows were soaked! Ewwwww!!! Still fun though.

These girls also got to experience their first "snipe hunt". Ethan and Jason took them out to catch snipes. They were super excited leaving but came back to camp crying their eyes out!! They got really scared being left out in the dark to "catch" their snipe. They have sworn revengence on those 2 guys!! Beware!

We all played a fun game of tag that Grandma calls "Ain't No Boogers Out Tonight - Papa Killed Them All Last Night!" It's pretty much a game of tag played in the dark! Very fun!

Grandma was a chaser :) and everyone had to get back to "base".

We had our very own "country drive-in" at the barn! My brother Danny projected a movie onto the barn for everyone's viewing pleasure! :) We ate popcorn balls and enjoyed the show (atleast 10 or 15 minutes of it anyway!!)

Movie time!

Here is Grace, ready to get it started!!! She couldn't have been more thrilled that we were watching a movie!!

And don't forget the s'mores!! After roasting hot dogs, we made s'mores. When I told the kids we were making s'mores, Lanie wanted to know "some more what"??

The kids all did really good cooking over the fire!

Just hanging out by the fire with Papa....

With 13 kids, 8 dogs and some mighty tired adults, we made some great memories!

We hope to have many more at future Cousin Campouts!!!