Our camping trip

John and Jerrick
Jerrick holding Daesha's pet fish

Breanna and Shandra in the river

It was so nice to get away for a few days in the nice cool mountains and go camping. My definition of camping is very different from John's because he says we weren't camping because we stayed in a nice home in the mountains with a nice shower and a very soft warm bed to sleep in at night. I figure since we were out in nature we were camping! We went with our neighbors the Hardings and the Olige's and had a great time! As soon as we got there the kids were in the river getting their clothes wet. Shandra went through 2 outfits the first day so it was good that there was a washer and dryer available or she would have been out of clothes! The 2nd day we went on a 4 hour four wheeler trip up the mountains. I drove my own with Shandra on the back and we had a blast although I ate tons of dust and had lots of bugs hit me in the face! That night I dreamt that I opened my eye and there was a fly in it. It was impossible because I had glasses on but the bugs hitting my face obviously freaked me out or I wouldn't have dreamt about them. The next morning everyone went fishing well everyone but me and Shandra. Daesha was the only one who caught 2 fish and she was so cute because she did not understand that they die when you take them out , she asked me if she could keep them as pets and I thought she was kidding, but when John explained that they were dead she had a real breakdown. It tore her up that they were dead, so she did not get a picture with her fish, but Jerrick is holding one of the fish she caught in a picture. We played phase 10 on the last night we were there and John actually won! Surprise Surprise! He never wins! We finished the game really late so it was hard to get up and get packed the next morning! When we traveled home we were so tired but it was a lot of fun and when we got back to Logandale it was so hot! Now we are getting ready for school which starts next Monday. I went up to the school and fed the teachers lunch today and boy is it busy up there! I talked to all my children's teachers and am excited for a great year with them. I had to cook a roast in the crock pot all night for the french dips and John and the kids were so sad because they wanted to eat the food themselves, but I had to take it to the school. John said he dreamt of food because it smelled so good! As you all know I am not a cook so it is very rare that it smells like food in our house.