Labor Day Weekend

I am at Erna's house right now so I don't have any pictures to post with this entry. But I do have a few pics on Facebook and my mom has pics on her blog, so you can go there to look at the pictures.

My family was going camping over Labor Day Weekend with our good friends Rosie and Bruce and several other people from their ward. Rosie and Bruce go every year but this was the first time that we have gone.

Mom and Dad and Clay went up on Thursday. (We were camping just outside of Showlow) Kyle and Ibis and Cicely went up Friday and Tim and I went up Saturday morning.

Friday night I went over to Tims to help get ready for the trip. We had to go get a few more food items and pick up his dad's grill. We also cleaned out and filled up two large water barrels. After all the running around we went back to Tim's house to prepare the food. Tim was making Apricot Glazed Chicken, Asparagus, Corn on the Cob, Baked Potatoes, and Peach Cobbler for the Sunday night dinner. We got everything ready so that all we had to do was put the food on the grill.

It turned into a late night! I ended up only getting 3 hours of sleep. Luckily I was able to get a little nap on the drive up.

Saturday morning we didn't get on the road as early as we wanted. We had to go get ice and fill up the quads with gas so we didn't leave until about 6.

We got to camp at 1 just as it started to rain. Kyle had lunch waiting for us. That was nice. I gotta say I like camping that way. Be the last ones to show up. Everything is already set up and food is ready and waiting!!!

As soon as the rain stopped we were on the quads! Tim was one happy camper with all that mud! It was so much fun. I love quading! Kyle brought all his guns so we even did some shooting.

The trip was way too short. I wish I could have taken some time off work to stay longer. Especially after driving home with all the other Labor Day Traffic. Tim says next year we are taking time off work and going up early. I completely agree. Go up early and come home late. That way we miss all the holiday traffic and have plenty of play time!!!