a first

This weekend held a first for our family. 

Remember when we went camping at Apache Lake earlier this year? 

Let me jog your memory....

This was our lavish set up then.

AND

Now...

 This is the new set up.

We decided it was time for us to step up and make this investment for the boys.   

My parents had a travel trailer when I was growing up and although it wasn't used a great deal I do hold many great memories from each trip we took. 

My sister and her family invested in a travel trailer a few years ago and since then they have taken regular annual camping trips.  Our first trip with them, of what I hope will be many more to come, took place this past Labor Day weekend at Woods Canyon Lake. 

Let me back up first and start from the beginning.

My sister planned this trip back in July.  My dad has been bugging me since then to go.  I was apprehensive to say the least to take the boys on a four and a half hour drive.  I kind of forgot about the whole trip until it was brought up again last weekend.  As in August 27th last weekend.  I mentioned the trip again to my husband but since we were he was still in the middle of the office/craft room remodel I didn't expect for him to say yes. 

Now the ol' hubsters and I have talked about getting a travel trailer for some time now.  It seems though when I want to get one he doesn't and vise-verse and last I knew we were still "off" on buying one so I was a bit shocked when I saw that Daddy was looking at them last Sunday.

I wasn't against getting a trailer but I figured we would take our time. 

Here's a breakdown of the timeline...

Saturday August 27th:  Invited to the lake. 

Sunday August 28th:  Looking at Trailers.

Wednesday August 31st:  Put deposit on trailer.

Thursday September 1st: Buy trailer and bring it home.

Saturday September 3: Leave for camping trip. 

How's that for taking our time?! 

And of course we bought the trailer off of craigslist.

The joke around here is that daddy works best under pressure and we ain't kidding.

Back to the trip...

Woods Canyon is AWESOME.

We stayed in the Aspen camp ground.  There was enough pavement for you to drive on and park on but in between was a whole lot of forest and fun.  I can't wait to come back here again.

Bug loved all the big rocks to climb on.  In fact I think we were there less than ten minutes before he climbed up on one.

 So after we arrived and settled in we walked down to the lake.

 This picture cracks me up.  Bug and Grammy seem to have the same look on their faces.

 Squish of course was here...

 Bug petting his first fish.

 I had to use the ol' Ergo to lull Bug to sleep for his afternoon naps.

 Our evening camp fires.

 Scenes from our Sunday morning walk

This photo never fails to show up on your camera when it's handed to my sister.

 GOOF BALL!

These photos never seem to fail showing up in our family either...

We are all a tad immature in this group

  This is a fairly common look for me.

Squish in the Ergo and Bug on my hip.

This poor kid....

My Mr. Two Left Feet....

My exact cut out of his father....

Crashed and burned more times then what I can count.

On the first day....

1) He fell down our trailer steps and bit his lip

2) He fell down my sister's trailer steps and hurt his ear lobe

3)  He fell and scratched his elbow

Day two...

1) He tripped and smashed his chin into a piece of wood

2)  Tripped over the same rock four times in 3 minutes

 Our view.

 It sprinkled just a little bit on Sunday so Bug's cousin took the opportunity to teach him how to catch the rain with his tongue.

Here are some random cute photos taken during the trip.

I have to give some love to my sister and her kids for being so awesome and wonderful to my kids.

 They very patiently put up with my extremely bossy and demanding child

and...

they all did it with a smile on their faces. 

Thank you very much! 

I love you all!

I think the best part about this trip for Bug was the real life

Tinker Toy set. 

He loved to collect and stack all the wood. 

This first trip in our trailer and our first trip camping with my sister and her family was a great success.  I look forward to sharing many more blog posts with you on our camping adventures.

Lots of Love-SL

P.S.  Okay Dad...it's time you step up and buy mom a travel trailer now :-)