We have these lovely (fun, funny, adventerous, hilarious--I could go on) friends, Mike and Summer. They have FINALLY made their way back to CO after spending two months abroad (read: Utah and Kentucky) and we could not wait to get outdoors with them! So, we devised a lovely plan to take them camping with us.
Friday we headed up the Poudre Canyon hoping to snag all of us a first-come-first-served campsite at one of the, oh, 5 bajillion campgrounds. Well, we were FOOLISHLY optimistic. Weeks and weeks of rainy weekends have, apparently, made the entire state of Colorado anxious to get out and get their camp on!
After driving for what felt like days with no campsites to be found, we (Spencer and I) decided to call off the Voorhies fam (who were supposed to meet us at the appointed campsite) and hit them up with a much more appealing plan...BACKYARD CAMPING!!!
(A sidenote here--I used a payphone to call them since I had no cell reception. No joke, I haven't used one of those in YEARS. It felt so strange. But, I digress.)
We set up a tent in the backyard, grilled hot dogs for the kids, watched the dads eat entire sides of beef (because "if I'm camping in somebody's backyard, I'm at least having a steak!"), gorged ourselves on smores and chips and guac, and had an all around fabulous time. The dads slept in the tent with the kids and us moms stayed up until the wee hours talking and catching up. It was just like ol' times (Summer and I have been friends since we were 12!). We almost went out streaking in our undies for old times sake but...we decided to restrain ourselves.
The next day we took the kids up to Picnic Rock, the dads went rock climbing, and we still had the time/energy to walk Old Town a bit and get some gelato. Yum.
Milo, Isabel, and Kennedy with their lanterns and flashlights. Once it was dark out, Summer and I took them on a walk around the block so they could maximize their light fun. They could not have cared less that we weren't actually camping!
Isabel showing off her "jack-o-lantern", as she calls it, and her missing tooth!
Milo doing his best to look scary. :)
Isabel and Sophie playing away in the river. 
Keeler took some mini-naps in the jogging stroller and had a few dips in the river. Let's just say he is not so much a fan--yet.
The kids all had so much fun splashing and wading around--even when the river started to fill up with quite the variety of people there to support the River Fest.
Sunscreen on the scalp? Check. Love Sophie's sunscreen-induced-mohawk. :)Let this be a lesson to you all. If the Mostly Andersons invite you to go camping, please ask to see proof of their reservations.
3 comments:
I am a HUGE fan of backyard camping. I was wondering how long I could keep this from you...see my dear friend...I am not a camper. So sad but so true. We own a tent and four sleeping bags. The last time we went "real" camping was when Maya was 10 months old. If you do the math you will realize that was almost 8 years ago. I hope we can still be friends.
We had so much fun, plenty of time for "real" camping later on. Kennedy is covered in bites...looks like she has the chicken pox.
I say way to go for still setting up the tents! and way to go dads and kidd-o's for actually sleeping in them!!!
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