Camp Out

With the weather getting nicer I thought it would be nice to get the family together and go camping. While I was getting all the camping stuff gathered up (which really is a lot of work) the kids were having fun setting up their own campground.

Little did I know that the weather had plans of its own!!

The plan was to go up to Osage Hills to camp but that morning I found out it was under a Burn Ban and so had to make other arrangements. Instead we headed up north to Copan Lake to camp.

 Here are the boys gathering sticks to our campfire.

 We enjoyed a yummy dinner together: hotdogs, chips, and fruit.

 We also enjoyed some ooey-gooey campfire smores!!

From the moment we arrived there were dark clouds nearby but the rain had held off and I thought we were going to be home free (the weather forecast only showed a 30% chance).

However, the park ranger notifed us that severe thunderstorms were headed our way with possible hail and tornados. So we quickly and sadly packed everything up and headed back home. At least we got some good practice at setting up our tents.

And in order to alleviate some of the dissapointment, Connor and Klayton came to sleepover and we attempted to make it as much of campout as we could!!!

April 8th, 2011