Camping--Part 2

This time at Airplane Flats was really windy. We had to put up a tarp as a windbreaker for our tent-cuz it kept collapsing. (It's a pop-up tent, which is REALLY easy to put up, but also REALLY easy to take down-by hand or wind!!) Luckily for us, Jason's mom gave us her HUMONGOUS tarp. It was so huge, I don't think they make them this huge anymore. We were able to fold it in half and hang it over a rope and string it around 3 trees. I wish we had our camera to take a picture, and I didn't think of having anyone else (Julie) take one of it to show it.

We had our mattress inflated and laying by the car (had to use the car to plug in the air pump). Savannah was in the car, so I got her out and closed the door-unfortunately the mattress was attacked by the corner of the door and tore a big hole in it! We couldn't fix it then, so Lynn and Roger let us use one of theirs.
Most of the time, it was so windy, we couldn't do too much. We enjoyed walks, swinging on the swing, (where I had a crash landing and a good scare!!! My butt was sore 2 days later!) and Savannah loved being with her cousins, Sammy and Bobbie Jo. We also went to the Fish Hatchery. Since Julie and her kids left on Sunday evening (she had a test at ASU West on Monday she couldn't miss) we didn't have a camera to use.
But on Tuesday, we were packing up to leave and Jason cleaned out the car and he found the missing camera battery!!!!! YAY!!!
We left late morning instead of afternoon, so that we could go to the Sinkhole at another campground. We got lots of pictures that day!!!
So here are some pictures from the last day.

Lynn and Roger's van towing their camper trailer

Here is the front seat of the car. We made it so that I sat in the back with Savannah for 3 reasons. I'm next to her. She can see out a window. I can feed her.

Here's the backseat behind driver. Yes, we did use the trunk too!!

On the walk/hike to the Sinkhole, Savannah wanted to touch these markers on the trees!

Here's me, at the gate

Here's Jason

Here's the whole crew in the Sinkhole!

Back: Roger, Lynn, Mandy, Jason

Front: Marcus, Sammy, Lexi, Bobbie Jo, Dessy, Savannah

Marcus, Lexi, Dessy. Jason, Savannah and I took a short cut out of the Sinkhole. You can see J already halfway up the mountainside with Vannah. At the tree, Roger and Lynn would take the younger girls on the trail out, but I would go left and up the steep side, following Jason out.

Camping again!!! Part 1

We must be a glutton for punishment.............We wanted to go camping again. This time we went with my cousin and her family (Julie, Sabrina, Frankie, & Ana), as well as with my sister and her family (Lynn & Roger with their 6 kids and grandbaby). My sister and her husband have a little camper trailer, up by Heber, and since they've never been to Airplane Flats, we thought we'd show them that little campground.
The kids had their Fall Break and so we decided to go at the beginning of their Break, which fell on General Conference Weekend. We all left on Saturday morning, though Lynn and Roger (my sis and bro-in-law) left much earlier than we did. Julie and her crew followed us, since they didin't know where we were going.
The last time we came, we used my other sister's van, but this time we didn't-we should've because our car was SSSOOOO PACKED!! {{{here's where our camera could've been useful!}}Poor Savannah had no windows to see out of on either side of her-which could've been a reason that she cried, the whole way to Payson. She'd NEVER cried this long on a long car trip before. We stopped at Walmart and made arrangements to open up a window view for her. She was better, but ended up falling asleep after about 20 min of the ride--go figure!!!
What's funny is that Lynn called and they were leaving Heber to head to the campground, as we were leaving Payson.......when we got to the turnoff to Young, there they were, in the turning lane, from opposite direction, to turn onto the road too!!! How funny that was! But Jason lost them when we made a turn down the road, and had to come back around. We went down a road and were about to give up and started to turn around, when they come around the corner to us, just in time to follow us---AGAIN! None of this was coordinated--amazing!
Our camera battery was dying, so I bought a new one, and charged it before coming. I didn't put it in the camera right away though, so needless to say, it got lost, and so we didn't have any pictures for most of the trip. I've copied my cousin's pictures and put them on my blog--hope you don't mind Julie!!
She took some really good photos of the kids at the swing. My favorite one (and Jason's) is the last one of him and Savannah walking away.

Here's J letting Savannah try out the swing-kinda!

Here's me handing out marshmellows on the first night there. My bro-in-law, Roger, on the left, J behind me, Frankie on the right, the ponytail of Sammy, and Bobbie Jo in the chair enjoying a marshmellow.

Since we're on the subject of birthdays......

Here are some pictures at the little get together I had for Jason on his birthday, Sept 21st. We had RootBeer Floats!!!

In this pic: Lucie, Savannah, Tommy, Kylie, and Alice (standing) they are all enjoying the treat-especially Kylie! In all 4 of the pics, she's either looking in her cup getting a bite, or she's taking a bite!!!! Hilarious! Jason and me

Here are the Guys! David, Jason, Paul, Ben, and Jeremy. Later, we had DJ and Sara Stapley also come over with their little baby boy, Joseph.

I'm just not much of a picture person, so I missed out on some of the important pics, like the RB Floats, or when he opened the one present I got him! I was actually planning to get him another, but didn't get to by this time and was gonna get it for him the next day, but then we decided we'd get a better TV entertainment center, that would keep Savannah from playing with the Xbox/DVD, and getting her fingerprints all over the TV.

The one we wanted, we've seen at Costco, but unfortunately, when we got there the day after his birthday, they've stopped selling them in the stores-we went to 2 Costcos to be sure! Bummer. So we're on the lookout still for a good TV stand/console.

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This month is one of my favorites, though it won't be for very long!!!

Not because of Halloween

Not because the weather cools down

Not because Christmas is just around the corner

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I figure, since J will most likely NOT announce it for my behalf on the blog, I'd better do it for myself, and since I'm getting up there in age, I won't be able to enjoy it for too much longer!!!
Hope I'm not being to self-absorbing by announcing my own birthday!!!

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This is one of Jason's favorite funny pictures.