We Survived!!!

We had our very first camping experience with our kids this past weekend. It was quite the experience considering it rained the entire time. You think I'm kidding but I'm not. It was either a sprinkle, drizzle, constant rain or complete downpour. It's funny that the two worst times it rained were when we set up the tent and when we took the tent down. Funny how that works. We were soaked to the core!! Little Joe's hands were freezing the whole time. We couldn't get him quite warmed up. We'd try to get him close to the fire to dry out and warm up but then we'd have to keep him from falling into the fire.

We went with my sisters family (Marie, Kevin and their 6 month old baby Mack) my brother Marc and Kevin's brother Steven...Oh and three others you'll hear about later. The best part about the whole trip was when we headed home....I mean...the fire! Kevin brought up enough firewood to last for a week. Not for us though. The boys built a bonfire and kept it going till bedtime and throughout the morning. Despite the constant rain the fire never went out.

The other three that joined us on our wet adventure were Titan, Hercules and Bart. Three of the cutest, sweetest, well-behaved, HUGE Great Danes! Titan is the tan colored one, Hercules is the tiger-stripped one and Bart is the black one. The kids loved them! MacKayla and Titan bonded. When Steven showed up with the three dogs my sister says "Look! There's a herd of deer!" Me, being the gullible one says "Where?!?" and started looking around. I looked like a fool because she was clearly referring to the dogs.

It was a short trip, thank goodness. At least we know we can survive in the wilderness for the most part. I'm glad we had a nice hot shower and a sleep-number bed to come home to!