Camping!

The kids and I just got back from a camping trip to Priest Lake! We arrived at the lake on Tuesday and came home yesterday afternoon (Saturday). We camped with Grandma Elaine and Aunt Annie Fannie (as the kids called her all week) The kids love Annie's camper! The three of us slept in our big, huge tent every night, but the camper was a hit during the day. They loved to sit in it and play High Ho Cherry Oh or just open and close the blinds, peek out the windows and play on the bunk bed. The lake wasn't very warm but the kids still enjoyed swimming in it. The grown ups floated ON the water but stayed out of it for the most part. Nick and I are COVERED in mosquito bites. I have counted over THIRTY on my right leg...from the knee down. I haven't even added the ones from the knee up. I'm going to post photos of our trip as soon as I can stop ITCHING TO DEATH. The mosquitos weren't the only wild life we saw...although they were the most abundant...we saw a few water snakes, the kids caught lots of bugs including a huge pine beetle with three inch long antennae, we enjoyed watching the little chipmunks scurry around and sneak food (the kids named one Nut Dropper and another Munchy), we heard lots of pretty bird songs and wished we had grandma's bird book...and Nick and I spotted a pair of deer walking through the campground. Daddy and the Farm Grandma and Grandpa rode their motorcycles up to meet us on Saturday morning and we spent some time hanging out on the beach. It was a fun trip and we're already looking forward to the next camping trip...as soon as the bites heal.