Please ignore that this post is
a few a lot of
weeks months late, life is crazy these days.
Our guys love to camp so it seemed appropriate that we camp out in our backyard to celebrate their birthdays. I think this may become an annual tradition. The party was a hit, with our children as much as the fellow campers.
The week before the party we hammered our little hearts out making signs, gathering sticks and getting our scavenger hunting bags ready.
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The day of the party papa took the boys to Home Depot while I decorated the cake with no helpers. It turned out pretty cute I think.
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| Anita was our resident marshmallow shooter distributor |
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| Guns and Ammo |
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| Paul shuttled gear into Camp Riggle |
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| Taste testing all the chocolate Ms. Nae unwrapped. |
We had lots of helpers that made the day a success.
From handing out treats to shuttling gear to stringing balloons to making scavenger bags to unwrapping enormous amounts of chocolate to cleaning up. This village we have the opportunity to participate in never fails to show us the love.
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| Ready to hunt |
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| The rest of the hunters |
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| The glowstick tree, the 1st of many scavenger finds |
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| Traipsing through the woods |
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| Inventory |
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| Poor Dan, designated parachute installer, at least he has a PhD, right? |
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| Mr. Dan, with the world's smallest balloon pump. |
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| Real men dine on the back of a gator |
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| We really did have an actual table for eating at. |
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| Faces like this, make it ALL WORTH IT! |
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| His big jeep, from the bestest neighbors! |
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| Outdoor movie time |
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| Camp Riggle |
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| Early morning negotiations in the sandbox |
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| Bacon, lots of bacon |
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| What a stance |
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| This picture cracks me right up |
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| My boys |
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| Chocolate, for breakfast |
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| Caden, working on his 2nd breakfast. |
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| Buddies enjoying their treat |
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| So happy |
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| Potato Cannon instruction |
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| Boys...will be BOYS, no matter how old. |
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| A whole lot of cute, up in a tree. |
A friend loaned us a bow and the boys got to practice shooting after their camping friends left.
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