Summer Recap ~ Family Reunion

Summer is zooming by way too fast, y'all!

We've been going, going, going since June.

And our favorite getaway every summer is

camping at Crane Prairie.

Most summers we make it over to Central Oregon twice.

First for my family reunion camp-out:

And then again with Jeremy's Mom for a nice, little girls getaway 

{plus fishing for Jerm}:

Poor Miss Tay was not feeling well the morning we left.

She has a super sensitive tummy.

We really can't travel at all without her getting car sick, and now she seems

to be sensitive to certain foods.

Poor Darlin'.

Sis and Kenners got to go out fishing the first day.

The rest of us girls got to hang around camp feeding these cute little guys,

and relaxing.

The sunsets while we were there were AH-MAZING.

We spent some time in the water,

And exploring trails on nature walks.

This little mama was so cute, parading her ducklings around.

Big Sissies are the best.

Always there to lend a piggy back when needed.

And there to share secrets.

And then, the morning we were preparing to head home, Kam went out fishing with Jeremy one last time.  And came back with this guy!  

The second biggest fish of the season at Crane Prairie!

I'm pretty sure her face says it all.

She was ELATED.

Sweet girl.

A quick group shot before heading home.

And that's that.

The end of our camping season for 2017 :(

What is your favorite summer outing??

Camping Prep

Well, it's less than 48 hours until we hit the road for our 

Heitmanek Reunion Camp Out.

I have 4,087 more trips to make out to the trailer, so I'm doing what any sane person would do:

Blogging.

And crafting.

Just wanted to quickly share the camp shirts I made for the little girls:

I made these for the big girls 7 years ago {insert bug-eyed emoji}!

You can see HERE

And now, off to the trailer!

Happy Summer!!!

Camping Re-Cap

 

So. Summer is almost over, and from the looks of the ol' blog it seems as though we've done a big, fat nothing.

 

Not true.

We've actually been cramming in as much family fun time as humanly possible.
Which leaves very little time for documenting it, funny enough!

 

Last month, we made it to my family reunion camp-out!

 

I wasn't sure we would this year, with everything going on. 

We haven't missed a year in the 14 years we've been married ~ but we also hadn't suffered our second loss in four years before.
Life is so different now, it's almost unrecognizable.

 

BUT. 

Campout.

 

I'm going to leave you with picutres.

 

It's my favorite way to tell a story, ya know:
 

  

There was plenty of bike-ridin.

 

 

There was some bug-catchin'.  Let me just tell you ~ these bugs that the boys catch for fishing are the biggest, ugliest suckers you can imagine! Ew!  But the fish love them!

 

 

There was a LOT of cousin bonding time.

 

 

Prizes were won,

 

 

Tournaments were played,
 

 

Snuggles were given.
 

 

 

 And at the end of the weekend, we wound up with another family photo for the books, and many, many, wonderful memories made.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family Camp 2015 ~ Part 2

 Alright, y'all.  I am bound and determined to get caught up on our camping photos!

Here goes: Part 2 of our first camping trip in July
{yeppers, that's right, we took 2 camping trips last month, and I am *still* going through photos from our last trip}


Once our family arrived, it was arts and crafts . . .

 

 

and all sorts of fun visiting with people we sometimes only see once a year.
 

There is a fish pond set up for the littles.

 

 

And sometimes a not-so-little :)
 

 

And a "cake walk" with super fun prizes.
 

 

And yeah, we were in jeans and sweatshirts the whole time!
I don't know what happened to our 90 degree weather, but it must have taken a break that week.
Sixties, cloudy, and sprinkles was the forecast.
 

 

These two cuties are besties!
Sonoma is only 5 months older than Kam, and they've been inseparable since birth.
 

 

And Saturday night is camp auction.
It's how we pay for the following year's reunion.
 

 

We were missing so many from camp this year, but our small group had a great time anyway!
 

 

 

 

 Countdown is already on for next year!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family Camp 2015 ~ Part 1

 After a crazy-busy May, and a crazy-busy June, things *finally* started to slow down.


Ha!  Just kidding!
There was no slow-down.
We just jumped full speed ahead into July.

After celebrating a nice, quiet Fourth, we packed up the trailer and headed east for our annual camping trip, and family reunion.

We've had a very dry year here in Oregon. 
Our Spring months are usually very wet, and June . . . June can have crazy amounts of rain.
But I'm not sure we had one drop of rain in June, so by the first of July we were getting kind of used to the hot, dry start to Summer.

Until we hit the road . . .

 

 

When we took off from home, it was 90+ degrees.

When we pulled into Madras {a town about halfway between home and our camping destination}, it had dropped from 92 to . . .
 

 

Holy Moly!
 

 

And the rain!  We hadn't seen any in such a long time.
And certainly never in July on our drive over.
 

 

By the time we reached our campground, the weather had settled, and it was actually very refreshing.
 

 

And it made for a gorgeous sunset, once the sun actually, you know, came out.
 

 

We spent the first few days wandering around, catching bugs {as fishing bait},
 

 

and fishing with the Daddy.
 

Sissy killed it!

 

And then there were chipmunks.

 

 

Kam and Kenners were soooooo patient.

They'd just sit and wait for hours for a chipmunk to come around and take a peanut.

Jeremy taught Kam how to get one to come up on a lap, and she thought that was the coolest thing EVER!
 

 

They got friendly REAL fast, once they knew you had their favorite food.
 

Ahem.
Real friendly.

 

 

 

 

 And then we waited for the rest of our family to arrive for our reunion!