This was a busy and exciting week for us! The boys had their second game of the minor league season. Cody hit a ground ball and made it second and Weston caught a ball and threw it to second getting the runner out. That was so exciting! Weston turned 9 on Tuesday! My mom had already threw a party for him on Sunday and he got some wonderful presents from everyone! But Tuesday he got to take cupcakes and juice to share with his class. He's never gotten to do that before because his birthday always falls in the middle of Spring Break. We asked his what he wanted to do for his birthday and he said he wanted to go camping. The first plan was for him and Cody and his Dad to go out somewhere for the night and camp. Well the plan got bigger and better and before you knew it we were all packed in the suburban headed to Ensign Ranch up above Cle Elum. We had so much fun! Our friends The Merrell's joined us. We rented a family cabin (the pictures posted above that really don't give it justice!) It was awesome! Chuck Merrell blessed us with his delicious dutch oven dinner of scalloped potatoes and smothered chicken. Oh my gosh it was so yummy!! I love dutch oven dinners!! Chuck took all of kids on a nighttime hike for about an hour. That wore them out. so we thought. Nobody really got to sleep until after 1 am. Savannah was the only one who slept all through the night if you can believe it! Weston had brought a friend, Jayden. Him and Cody couldn't get to sleep and kept waking us up to tell us that a herd of elk were walking through our campground. And sure enough in the morning there were elk hoofprints through our campground. Also during the night Cody and Jayden got up to help Kyle cool the cabin down and Jayden fell down the stairs. The poor kid walked away unharmed but it gave us a pretty good scare! I woke up to Kyle cooking a yummy breakfast of pancakes, sausage and eggs. The rest of the morning was spent lounging around the campfire and enjoying the peacfulness of nature. The kids found a river to wade through. So we strung a clothesline to dry out the shoes and socks. After they were dry we took all of them to an opstical course out in the woods. They had a blast balancing on logs and climbing and swinging on ropes draped down from the trees. Kyle took the boys fishing while the girls and I stayed back at the cabin to watch a movie on the laptop. After we got the cabin cleaned up and checked out we headed up to Northbend for an afternoon of shopping at the outlet mall. Then we headed home. I was amazed we got home at 8:30! Just in time to unpack the suburban and get some sleep. I was so happy that Savannah slept in until 8:30 so I could get some sleep too. It was just a great weekend! What beautiful weather! I'm so excited for Spring and Summer. Kyle and I are making it a goal to get to do this more. Camping is just a great way of bringing the family together! The cabins were awesome! I suggest it to any family looking to have a quick get away!
This was a busy and exciting week for us! The boys had their second game of the minor league season. Cody hit a ground ball and made it second and Weston caught a ball and threw it to second getting the runner out. That was so exciting! Weston turned 9 on Tuesday! My mom had already threw a party for him on Sunday and he got some wonderful presents from everyone! But Tuesday he got to take cupcakes and juice to share with his class. He's never gotten to do that before because his birthday always falls in the middle of Spring Break. We asked his what he wanted to do for his birthday and he said he wanted to go camping. The first plan was for him and Cody and his Dad to go out somewhere for the night and camp. Well the plan got bigger and better and before you knew it we were all packed in the suburban headed to Ensign Ranch up above Cle Elum. We had so much fun! Our friends The Merrell's joined us. We rented a family cabin (the pictures posted above that really don't give it justice!) It was awesome! Chuck Merrell blessed us with his delicious dutch oven dinner of scalloped potatoes and smothered chicken. Oh my gosh it was so yummy!! I love dutch oven dinners!! Chuck took all of kids on a nighttime hike for about an hour. That wore them out. so we thought. Nobody really got to sleep until after 1 am. Savannah was the only one who slept all through the night if you can believe it! Weston had brought a friend, Jayden. Him and Cody couldn't get to sleep and kept waking us up to tell us that a herd of elk were walking through our campground. And sure enough in the morning there were elk hoofprints through our campground. Also during the night Cody and Jayden got up to help Kyle cool the cabin down and Jayden fell down the stairs. The poor kid walked away unharmed but it gave us a pretty good scare! I woke up to Kyle cooking a yummy breakfast of pancakes, sausage and eggs. The rest of the morning was spent lounging around the campfire and enjoying the peacfulness of nature. The kids found a river to wade through. So we strung a clothesline to dry out the shoes and socks. After they were dry we took all of them to an opstical course out in the woods. They had a blast balancing on logs and climbing and swinging on ropes draped down from the trees. Kyle took the boys fishing while the girls and I stayed back at the cabin to watch a movie on the laptop. After we got the cabin cleaned up and checked out we headed up to Northbend for an afternoon of shopping at the outlet mall. Then we headed home. I was amazed we got home at 8:30! Just in time to unpack the suburban and get some sleep. I was so happy that Savannah slept in until 8:30 so I could get some sleep too. It was just a great weekend! What beautiful weather! I'm so excited for Spring and Summer. Kyle and I are making it a goal to get to do this more. Camping is just a great way of bringing the family together! The cabins were awesome! I suggest it to any family looking to have a quick get away!
2 comments:
looks like so much fun! we will definetly have to check that out. maybe we can get a bunch of the fam together and go.
Sounds like a good time! We love Ensign.
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