Memorial Day Weekend

Here I am again... no pictures and a week late with this post... but I thought I better jot this down so I can remember this 'vacation' for years to come.

Like normal, we went camping this year over Memorial Day weekend. We left town the day school got out (Thursday) looking forward to what was supposed to be a relaxing, beautiful weekend. As we arrived to our spot, we were greeted by my family that was already there and also rain and cold weather. It rained for the rest of the day, most of the night and most of Friday too. So, the kids were a little stir crazy and muddy. The big kids managed ok, but it was pretty hard keeping the little ones dry and with something to do. Did I mention it was really cold?! Friday night it cleared up and stayed clear most of Saturday. Until dinner... here's where it gets fun... my awesome husband planned a big meal of dutch oven pizza, breadsticks, salad, and wings. My sister helped us get it all together and we were just starting to have fun... cooking and eating (all 50 of us) Until the clouds rolled in... you guessed it... it started pouring rain... AGAIN!! Right in the middle of our awesome dinner! AGH! Well, the good news is that Todd (being the genius that he is) brought our Easy-Up awning just incase this turn of events were to occur. So, at the first sight of clouds, they set it up over their cooking area and got everything covered just before the down-pour. So, we were able to finish dinner, just a little wet. Followed by a couple hours of cleaning up and doing dishes (the rain stopped by then). FUN TIMES!! (Can anyone sense the sarcasm?!)

Well, Sunday was a new day! Sunny and beatiful. The clouds cleared out and the kids had a day full of playing, wandering, and fort building. We also tie-dyed and the boys went shooting. They were having a ton of fun. And frankly, as a parent, this is what makes my life fun as well. The bad news was, we ended up having to leave on Sunday night. We always stay until Monday, but this year was different and here's why...

Before we left to go camping, we knew we had to find a house to move into. We needed to move to a bigger house before the baby was born and we found someone to take over our lease. So, we had to be out by June 1. (One week after returning home from camping) Finding a new house was torture, but we finally got one nailed down just a couple days before we left, so we felt relieved and ready for a va-cay before a crazy moving week. Well, much to our dismay, that house fell through and we couldn't move there afterall! We found out while were in the mountains, 120 miles away from home and with approximately 9 days left before we had to be out of our house!! That made our weekend a little more stressful and we ended up coming home Sunday night so we could spend Monday looking for a house.

The good news is... we found a house when we got home and moved without a hitch! (more to come on that later)
The really good news is, even though this camping trip was far less relaxing and wonderful than most, our kids still had a blast. And that is all that matters. I am so glad they are not burdened by the worries that we are... they can just be carefree and play and enjoy their cousins and friends. No matter how muddy they are :). By the way, our clothes were so dirty that I had to wash most of them twice... oh the joys of being a mother! We will hope for a dryer camping trip next time!