Father's Know Best When It Comes To Camping

Brian Ferguson and Aaron had this splendid idea to have a father child camping trip, and what a perfect weekend for it to happen, when I was gone scrapbooking, September 16, 2011.  So Aaron packed up his parents trailer, oh so roughing it, and off he went with Mikyla and Aidan, (Ethan had to stay with Grammy and Papa).  They were going up to Bagby which is right by Lake McClure, and had a beautiful campsite right by the lake.  Oh the time they all had, and mind you this all occurred in one night, I can't imagine what would have happened if they had a whole weekend! 

Nate giving Rod pointers on the Barbecue.

Laura and Mikyla exploring!

Julia, Jessica, Laura, Aidan, Alli Jones, Mikyla, and Haley on the homemade teeter-todder

The great Tee-Pee

Russell Hawkins took charge of the little munchkins while everyone set up camp.  Leave it to Russell's engineering mind to have them constructing a tee-pee; and not just some little ho-hum but a full scale tee-pee with mud on the joints and rope at the top.  He is so good with the kids and lets them climb all over him.  They also erected a see-saw out of logs that was too fun to see how many kids could get on it and have it still work.

Hailey, Aidan, Laura, Myrna, Julia, Macy, and Alli Jones

Jake and the girls singing Taylor Swift!

Coffee Time!

My loves minus one

Colton's ghost stories!

Later there was campfire, hot dogs and of course SMORES!  Jake Jones had his guitar and all the little girls encircled him with the serenading voices of Taylor Swift songs. Then Colton Hixson found a flashlight, what better tool to tell scary ghost stories with, and Aidan was eating it up!  Colton was later heard asking, "Do you think this is how much fun Heaven is going to be?"  After dancing and running off all that sugar Mikyla and Aidan were found in Dustin Smith's trailer watching movies before bed.  Too much fun for just one night, next year I'm sure that it will have to be extended to two!!

Soccer Here We Come!

Soccer, oh soccer, what as game!  Fast moving and thrill filled, let's see if Aidan has more luck with it this year!  I missed his first game since I was out of town, but daddy took charge and got everything done and was very successful in my absence. I will have to say Aidan loves practice and everything that comes with it, running around with his friends and having fun.  But when it is time for games he says that he doesn't like that you can't touch the ball, dribbling the ball with your feet is difficult and I think he prefers dribbling with his hands, as in basketball.  He says that he can't wait for basketball to start, but here's to enjoying the rest of the season with his team.  I have to admit he is trying so hard and really beginning to get into the game, and he looks so cute in his uniform...but that's just Mommy's point of view!

Aidan before his first game Sept. 10th 2011

Ready, set, go!

Working hard Oct 8, 2011

More game shots Oct. 8, 2011

Labor Day at the Cabin 2011

We were invited up to the cabin once again to celebrate Labor Day with Uncle Matt, Aunty Brooke and our cousins and boy was everyone excited!  Aidan told all of his friends at school that he was going to the snow, this was because we haven't been up there since Thanksgiving I'm sure; and what was up there but SNOW! I tried to tell him it was summer and you can't have snow when it is 90 degrees.

We got up there Friday night and basically just ran around crazy, to fun with cousins and three floors to explore.  Early Saturday morning Aidan got to go out fishing with Daddy and Uncle Matt, he was very excited.  The excitement didn't last long because Aidan didn't realize that you had to wait so long and then not even catch a fish.  We then got our swim suits on after breakfast and piled into the boat and found some shoreline to picnic and play.  And boy there was so much shoreline to choose from since they are emptying Shaver Lake out to do some dam repair.  It was fun in the sun and the little yellow raft that Uncle Matt had brought. Then after naps the daddies took Mikyla, Aidan, and Caleb fishing.  Who caught the fish, Mikyla.  Why, because she was the only one with enough patience to sit down and wait for the fish to bite.  But after the fish was reeled in Mikyla ran away from it scared and wouldn't hold it for the camera.  Then with Daddy's suggestion a big stick was found and the fish was continuously torchered, and each time it jumped the three kids jumped with a scream!  Then it was time for movie night and popcorn, Tangled was on the movie bill.

We ended the weekend on Sunday night and SMORES then after all that sugar what could be more fun than a big game of Simon Says that Aunty Brooke even got into, which was so fun.  And I have to say that the winning command that became everyone's favorite was "Get ME" and then the dog pile followed!  And then we naturally flowed into a group dance party with music from the 90's  and Aidan was the winner of the most enthusiastic dancer with his robot jive and rolling around on the floor, I NEVER get tired of watching him dance!