Camping out

Last week was my school's fall break. Unfortunately the girls and I don't have the same schedule this year so they didn't have a break. That didn't stop us from keeping them home one day to camp out and enjoy the weather though....oops! (I think it was okay for Miss Priss to miss one day...she made A/B honor roll, so she's not falling behind!;)) The weather was too perfect not to go camping! (Sorry for the blurry pictures, that's what happens when you try to take pictures in the dark!)

We surprised the girls by having the tents, chairs and fire ring set up and ready to go when they got home on Wednesday. They were so excited. Papaw and D joined us for hamburgers, hotdogs and smores. We couldn't talk them into staying overnight though!

P's newest "invention". He took an old pitching machine, cut the top off, turned it upside down, concreted it into the ground, attached some angles to the sides and bolted a piece of expanded metal to it to make a campsite grill. How cool!!! These things are very expensive in outdoor catalogs and P didn't spend a dime on it! He's SOOOOOO creative!

I was a little worried about the girls and whether or not they would be okay sleeping outside. Thankfully Little Bit fell asleep in D's arms in front of the fire and then slept all night. Miss Priss stayed up to drink some hot tea with us for a while then crawled in next to Little Bit with no problem. The only one that whined in the middle of the night was poor little Shelby! She just wanted to get in the tent too!! 

The next morning we packed it all up, rode the golf cart back to the house and enjoyed the rest of the day. All in all I think they enjoyed the experience. This was actually Little Bit's 1st time to camp and only Miss Priss's 2nd time. I was quite relieved to know that they are ready for the great outdoors. (Even if it is just in the woods behind the house!)