Blue River

We went camping again this past weekend with some good friends of ours, kind of a last minute trip. We went to the Blue River this time in south Oklahoma. It was gorgeous. Our campsite was right on the river, so we got to sleep to the sound of the water running. Nothing better...

We fished, we hiked, we climbed rocks. 

We roasted mallows, we froze and we sweat. We stayed up late and got up early. 

We made campfire coffee that was AMAZING, especially with my french vanilla creamer. 

Austin managed to get wet, but thankfully no one fell in the river. And he and I managed to get hung up more than once fishing. He felt bad because I had to cut his line once, and said he was horrible at fishing. I told him to ask Papa just how many times he had to cut my line. Or wade in to get me unhooked. 

Both of the kids caught a fish all by themselves, and I was so proud. They were tiny little perch, and may or may not have been the same fish being caught over again, but they loved it. And so did I. I CAN NOT wait to go again. I am so very sad that we spent so many years here not camping. 

I plan to rectify this from here on out.

Annual Trek to the Pumpkin Patch

The kids were on fall break last week already. I was able to take off Thursday and Friday for a nice four day weekend. We took advantage of our time off (not by cleaning the house mind you) and went to the pumpkin patch again. Here are some pictures of the day...

Aubrey riding her pony. This was the main reason she wanted to go, and was the first thing we did once we got there.

Austin on his pony. Not quite as excited as Aubrey was, but I think he enjoyed it too.

Oh how to chose just one!

Petting the animals...

Austin liked his horns. He said they weren't as sharp as he thought they would be.

Goat on a sink?!

My gorgeous kids!

Camping

As promised (although a little late but I am pretty sure you all had no expectations of me), here are pictures from our camping trip. I think the kids had a lot of fun...I know I did. I can't wait to go again!

Aubrey helping to make S'mores...and making silly faces

Seriously?! The kids spent a lot of time in the "kids' tent" playing video games. They also played a lot of football, spy games and laser tag, but they were only still enough at this time for a picture.

Playing in the lake, throwing mud in the air and catching it with our head...

makes you look like this.

Our Campsite

Aubrey "spying on the bogies". The kids spent a lot of time spying on other campers and reporting back to base with their walkie talkies. When Aubrey went with them, she was the "precious cargo" that they had to make sure to protect. I wish my sister and I would have had walkie talkies when we where little...oh the fun we would have had!

The boys on our nature walk.

Aubrey on the nature walk. I taught her well about the importance of proper cold drink procedure.

Can you see the deer?

The view from our campfire.

Roasting Mallows.

Skipping rocks. 

Finding the perfect rocks to skip. Or the perfect rocks to bring home.