Spring has started and we're off...! The outdoors are calling and this time of year just begs you to go outside and play. We have had our first camping adventure of 2008 at Canyon Creek near Lake Berryessa. This was a beautiful area with easy access and campsite views of the creek. The kids had a fantastic time jumping from rock to rock (and landing in the water more than once). You would not believe how brave they are! For that matter, you wouldn't believe how brave a baby toting mommy who also nearly met her demise in the water is.
We took advantage of the free campsite for the weekend - the tradeoff being that we had to sit through presentation on a camping timeshare program. Quite easy to say no to the $3,000 price tag. Particularly easy for me to say no to anything when presented by someone who only makes eye contact with my husband. Don't salespeople know who writes the checks? Did I mention he was also 15 minutes late? How lucky he is we waited with 3 kids in tow. But I have to say it was worth it as we had a great time at the campground. The park itself isn't particularly fantastic, but they have great mountain vistas and wonderful water access.
The kids were able to participate in the weekend craft and made gumball machines - clearly a dream come true for our gumaholic, Ty. Sophie filled hers with Cheeze-its and went with a Hawaiian theme to match her room. That little decorator is a girl after my own heart! Let's just say that although Ty's gumballs made it home, his dispenser did not. I am sure you can figure out the rest.
We all enjoyed a rowsing game of Freeze Tag. If you haven't played tag for a few years I have to recommend you give it a go! Scott challenged me to all kinds of other crazy activities involving the playground bars and I have discovered that we are both much more limber than we thought! Of course, I ache in a few places I forgot existed on my body...
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