Camping

We went 'camping' this weekend!  Yes, I had to clarify the whole camping thing, because when we were first married we would always laugh at people saying they were going camping and then seeing their fully equipped campers.  "That's not camping," we would always say.  Well, now that we are one of those people... I just have to laugh.  No, it's not putting up the tent and sleeping on the ground and freezing all night long - it's way better!!!  I love that the furnace kicks in and I don't have to have fifteen layers of clothes on to attempt to stay warm!  I love that I can put the kids to bed (in their own beds) and - even when they don't go to sleep until 9:30 - I can still use the rest of the trailer to sit and read (and listen to their giggles and conversations with each other).  Yes, there's an actual couch to sit on instead of freezing outside in a folding camp chair getting eaten alive by bugs!  Now, having said all that... I did enjoy the times Lennard and I went camping.  It was an adventure and we had a lot of fun.  There truly is something 'special' about rolling out of bed in the middle of the night, searching for a flashlight and racing to a freezing pit toilet to do your business! 

Having said all that, for our big adventure we went camping at the airport!  Lennard's dad was going to be arriving sometime Friday night, so we didn't want to go too far out of the way.  The kids thought it was a grand adventure, especially when we pulled out their new PowerWheels jeep (from insurance)!  Ben took to it right away and drove all around the airport.  It was so cute to watch the two of them going for a drive. 

There was a fire ban on, so we couldn't have a fire, but we made italian sausages and corn on the cob in the trailer and then had potato salad and macaroni salad as well.  Lennard's dad arrived just before dinner, so he and my parents were able to enjoy dinner with us too.

The kids had a blast going in and out of the trailer and having free run of the airport to do whatever they want.  Ben fell out of the trailer once (that was enough).  We're definitely going to have to figure out a latch for the screen door so that he can't push it open again.  He's pretty bruised, but thankfully he didn't break anything!

After a short night - we've definitely got to put some memory foam on our bed (such tough campers aren't we?!) - we had a pancake breakfast, and then Lennard and I took the opportunity to go for a flight out around Milk River and back.  I started learning how to read the maps and figure out where we were just by looking for landmarks.  It was a good flight and gives me a little more confidence for next year when we fly to the Maritimes!