The elusive parents.........

There are never many photos of the parents, but I found a few to share. The top one was taken by Hannah of me fishing (I spent most of the time tying new lines for everyone as theirs kept being sacrificed to the bottom of the lake - we lost a lot of tackle!). The next one is Jeff playing "camoflauge" with the kids. Jeff in a funyak (he had to go out in one to entice Rylie, who was scared to try it!) Me washing dishes (KP duty always falls to the mom!) And finally, Jeff in the car top carrier where I found him the morning we were leaving! I thought it was hysterical that he fit in there (and only momentarily considered shutting the lid and locking him in!). Good times...........

Harrison at Camp K

Harrison thoroughly enjoyed his weekend, catching some rays in the funyak, being Tarzan on the rope swing, burning sticks in the fire, and relaxing in the hammock. He spent a lot of time whittling sticks into razor-sharp points, and managed to keep track of my Leatherman tool all weekend (save for a few "temporary misplacements"). He also loved playing Capture the Flag at the field in the evenings!

Arlie at Camp K

Arlie took her best friend, Rylie to camp with her. They even brought matching clothes! Those two went off on adventures together and loved funyaking and fishing. Arlie caught four fish!

Hannah at Camp K

Hannah took her friend Drew with her to Camp K and they had a great time! Hannah was totally absorbed in her Twilight series books (egads, another fan, bleh!) but also spent time funyaking, sitting for photos and sucking down juice boxes!

Hayley at Camp K

So, I have so many pictures of the weekend, I decided to do a post on each kid. Hayley is a total princess camper! She took her hair dryer and flat iron and took a shower each day (after sleeping in till noon or later). She even took her makeup! On the first day there, she attempted to get into the hammock. You can see the results here. Fail! She did spend some serious outdoor girl time whittling a stick. And she was in charge of the camera for a while, which resulted in this nice shot of her flippie floppies! The sitting pretty photo was taken by yours truly and shows my pretty 15 year old "little" girl!

Camp Killoqua

For the Memorial Day weekend we went with two other families, the Micheals and the Churchs and headed to Camp Killoqua. This is a Camp Fire resident camp (all the girls went for a week last year) that holds a family camp over Memorial Day. It's a great time, with "funyaking", boating, fishing, s'mores, climbing wall, rope swing, hiking, trading post and sitting around the campfire whittling sticks. Amazingly, we got six kids (we picked up a couple of extras) and two adults, AND all our crap into our van. We did use the car top carrier, but we were packed to the gills. Arlie said "I don't need my seatbelt! If we crash, I'm not going anywhere!" It was like one of those clown cars when we unpacked and peeled each child from their respective space in the car. We all managed to get along in the cabin (8 bunks -we filled 'em up!) and everyone slept pretty well. Except for Hayley. Who woke me up TWICE to tell me I was snoring!! But I digress.....

Drew (Hannah's guest) caught his first fish (and went fishing for the first time ever) and Arlie, Harrison and Rylie went "funyaking" for the first time. The funyaks are like mini kayaks for kids. Very cool! Jeff and I rowed out on the lake to get some great photos of the kids and we got some awesome group photos (I'll include the five best here since Blogger only lets me add five photos per post!).

The downside? No alcohol! I mean, what's a campfire without a beverage with which to enjoy it? Ah well, we managed. The dogs spent the weekend in the doggy hotel (which cost me three times as much as the cost of the camping trip!) and everyone is home now, and ready to go back to school. Oh wait, I'M ready for the kids to go back to school........

It was a great time. OH, I almost forgot the BEST part - it was sunny the WHOLE TIME! Now, when does that happen around here? Never. So, it was a perfect weekend. Good times and good friends. Good food, too! It really felt like the kickoff to summer.