Mom, We are Going Camping!

We went camping over memorial weekend with the Dudley Clan. I was pretty excited since we had not gone camping for 2 years. Apparently 2 years is enough time to forget how much work it is to go camping with young children. And although we all had fun, it was a lot of work for Mom. This is how it went.

Note all the, "I have to go to the bathrooms" are Jace. I swear that kid had to go every other hour!!

Mom, I am so excited to go camping!
Mom, I am hungry are we there yet?
Mom, I have to go to the bathroom.
Mom, look we are here!
Mom, can I stay up?
Mom, I have to go to the bathroom.
Mom, Ryker is in the road again!
Mom, Its so cold!

It was pretty darn cold the first night. But it warmed up after that. The kids enjoyed sleeping in the same area together.

Mom, can I go to the lake?
Mom, can we go fishing with Grandpa?
Mom, I caught a fish!!

This is Sage's first catch ever with her pink pole! She also used pink power bait.

Ashton caught more fish than anyone! He used my lucky red pole that I had when I was a child.

Mom, can you hold my pole?
Mom, do I have to eat my fish? Dad said I had to eat all my fish.

Fishing is a Dudley tradition. Curtis has fond memories of fishing his his Grandpa too.

Mom, can I cast my own pole?
Mom, how come the fish are not biting anymore?
Mom, I need to go to the bathroom.
Mom, look at all that blood on the fish! Ewwww
Mom, I'm bored and no one wants to play with me.
Mom, will you play a game with me?

When Ashton does not think about smiling he has the most handsome smile!

Mom, Ryker is in the water again.
Mom, I have to go to the bathroom.
Mom, are you done making that scavenger hunt?
Mom, I can't find cottonwood fuzz!
Mom, look I am flying a kite!
Mom, Dad caught the kite in the tree!
Mom, Dad is going to fall!!

Curtis blamed Ryker on getting the kite caught ;)

Mom, Jace has disappeared again!

Jace did not nap well and was pretty grumpy off and on. He would also randomly disappear. We love him anyway.

Mom, can we go rafting?
Mom, can I row?
Mom, my brother/sister is touching me!
Mom row over there!
Mom, lets go to the dinosaur museum.

This took us a while to find but I thought it was worth it. This quarry has the highest concentration of meat eating dinosaurs in the world!

Mom, look a dinosaur bone!!

Mom, I am tired and hot.
Mom, Mom, Mom waaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Ryker did not nap well either the first few days. He becomes even more of a mama's boy when he is tired.

Mom, I found a fossil!
Mom is this hike almost over!

We went on a small hike while at the dinosaur quarry.

Mom, I have got to go to the bathroom.
Mom, Ryker is missing again.

Ryker loved sitting under trees playing with grass and leaves or whatever else he could find.

Mom, look a rainbow!

Jace put his hands together like a rainbow. It made no sense to him to do it any other way.

It rained off and on the last 24 hours. Unfortunately we left our tent open when we took off to the dinosaur quarry(It was blue skies when we left). But thanks to Mom and Dad Dudley, the damage was minimal since they rushed over there and closed things up. One benefit from all the rain was this beautiful rainbow that appeared.

Mom, are we almost home?
Mom, I have to go to the bathroom.
Mom, goodnight I love you.

Funny how its always worth it in the end. I love my family.