Thursday, August 20, 2009

Camping with the Darts

THE CAMPERS


Dallan and Ryan had such a great time playing together. They were constantly asking everyone to go on adventures with them. One of the adventures was hiking up a steep hill. Another adventure was on the moon, with the occasional stop on Mars. Each person who came back from that adventure had a little different experience as their imaginations worked!


Because we weren't able to get together for all of the July/August birthdays, we decided to celebrate them on the camping trip. The boys got roller skates and loved riding around on their own set of wheels!

There were some great campfires with tinfoil dinners, roasted hot dogs, s'mores, and a VERY delicious dutch oven dinner. YUM!


Mom bought the little kids magnifying glasses to play with. Who knew that the adults would have more fun playing with them than the kids! Nick and Jenn got especially interested in starting a fire. Joseph became master at burning names into wood.




Relaxing in the hammock


The M&M game
Jenn & Joe brought this very enjoyable game. You have regular and large M&Ms in a bowl, then you take turns rolling the dice. If you get doubles, a 7 or an 11, you get to take the bowl and start using your straw to suck M&Ms out of the bowl and into your cup. You play until the M&Ms are gone, then add up who has the most points (small are worth 1, large are worth 2). We had a great time, plus eating the M&Ms afterward is tasty.


More pictures of our fun an our adorable niece and nephews!

8 comments:

Barbaloot said...

Tinfoil dinners? Just like the tinfoil smores we made way back in the day?!

Lara said...

I like the sound of the M&M game. I use to play the Candy Bar game where you get to pick out a candy bar if you roll a double or a 7. You can pick from the pile in the middle, or if you remember what someone has you can steal from that person.

JWolfgramm said...

Looks like a lot of family fun Em!! And your niece and nephew are super cute!!

Johnny Cheng said...

Hi Em, not sure if you remember me, but I'm Johnny, Nick's old high school friend. I sent Nick an email but not sure if he received it. Basically I'll be around the DC area next week and would love to catch up with you two. Can you please ask Nick to call or email me? Thanks!

Audrey Crisp said...

Hey Emily! It looks like you guys had a great time on your camping adventure! Fun pictures! Glad you had fun!

Nat said...

Gotta love camping trips, too bad we never made it on any this summer! Glad you got lots of pictures, the kids looked like they had a good time, the adults as well! :)

Suspension Bridges said...

where did you go camping?

Audrey {Crisp} said...

No not British law! He is taking con law, environmental law and A couple others I can't remember...l