Larsen/Mason Campout

Camping this weekend was so great!

after driving up and not being able to find my sis and her family for a while they finally found us and we made it to the campsite which was across from Woods Canyon.

(sorry for this picture overload but sometimes i get a little camera happy.)

Matt set up our tent by himself because he said i would just get in the way.

before we went camping this time we bought a little something special.

a camping toilet!

Matt said we're going to go camping all the time now because we won't have any excuses like no bathrooms being nearby and how horribly awkward it is for girls to go potty outdoors.

it was the hit of the campout.

i knew my sister would love it as much as i did but even the kids thought it was amazing.

these Larsens love their chips

for some strange reason there was a big tire in our campsite and Matt decided it was fun to jump on it.

too bad i didn't get the time he almost face planted when jumping off on video.

then J.J. had to try.

Matt is such a bad example.

the campsite we found was so awesome!

it was super wide with no other campers too close and it had this huge field right next to it that was perfect for playing games!

ps. i really suck at baseball

it was really windy while we were there and it got cold enough to wear sweatshirts by dinner time.

Sammy was so cold he had to sit in his mommy's sweatshirt to stay warm.

and Josh had to hide in his hood.

that picture of Sammy and his mommy is just too cute!

we kept asking Sammy what sound a horse makes because it was so funny.

i love it!

basically it got so cold that not even the fire was helping to keep us warm so we called it an early night.

Matt and i played Phase 10 for a while which turns out to be a really short game when it's just with two people.

Then we went to bed. Matt was too lazy to put our sleeping bags together so i shivered through the night and got zero sleep.

and when i say zero sleep i'm being dead serious.

no sleep was had by Nikki.

in the morning, we ate breakfast and played around the fire.

Matt snuck in a quick game of ghosting while we started packing things up to head home.

don't know what ghosting is?

well first of all, you should.

and second of all, watch this video starting at 2:15.

then Josh got the great idea to try to make a parachute with the top of their tent and Matt was all for it.

they tried to get lift off but when that didn't work they decided to attack me instead.

then it was time to put out the fire and leave so Matt demonstrated his eagle scout skills of making sure the fire is out.

only Matt can prevent forest fires.

smokey the bear would be so proud.

we got home in time to take a quick shower and head to church and then when we got home i ate dinner and fell asleep at 8:00 PM and didn't wake up until 8:00 AM this morning.

i'm awesome like that.

can't wait to go camping a million times this summer!