We decided to beat the heat and head up north last weekend with our extended family-Ric and Stephanie (Papa and Nana), Madison and Jordan (Rich's sisters), and Brandy, Jeremy, Jayton, and Brekin. Ethan was on cloud 9 getting to spend all day outside with his cousins. They spent the days digging in the dirt, playing on Jayton's bike, building forts, and going for rides on Jeremy and Brandy's Ranger.
We brought a tent to sleep in and a huge Aerobed (which took up the entire tent!). I was a little unsure of how I would do with sleeping, being 23 weeks pregnant and all, but I was actually pretty comfortable. I just couldn't stay asleep! Poor Ethan (and everyone else) woke up in the middle of the first night screaming because he couldn't figure out where he was. It took him a while to go back to sleep but when he woke up, he was so proud that he had slept in a tent!
The second night it rained cats and dogs, and so after a fun evening of cards, we decided to sleep in Ric and Stephanie's tent trailer. We all slept a lot more soundly that night!
That second day as we packed up to go, a huge herd with hundreds of cattle moved close to our site to graze. We all got a kick out of watching them move closer and closer...so close at times that Ric had to go over and shoo them away!
We had such a wonderful time being up in the trees in cooler temperatures, in fact Ethan had a meltdown when he got home! The poor guy started crying and didn't want us to take him out of his carseat. That night at the dinner table he says, "I know! We go outside, all day! Like camping!"
Waking up in the woods
Brandy and Brekin cuddle time
Rich and his dad
Brekin and Ethan digging in the dirt
Happy Family
Building a mini-fort
The Morris Family
(Trying to keep our faces from getting burned!)
Madison, Jordan, and Steph
Ethan holding an elk bone
Jordan-showing us all how much better she looks than me in my hat!
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