thirty six

Friday was the last day of school for the boys but 

it was also our first camping trip of the season.

It would be our first time trying out our new camper and 

I think my first time celebrating my birthday while camping.

So here are thirty six pictures for my 36th birthday.

We headed to Cascade to my parents lot for four days of camping.

 My mom and dad were up there also to camp and help me celebrate.

Even though my whole family wasn't there I still got calls, texts and emails from all of my family and friends, so it made for a very special day.

We headed to town for a yummy pizza dinner, no cooking for me was another plus.

We found a tv for the camper at a thrift store called Luke's Corner, it was only five dollars so we thought that was a sweet deal.

Pine cones were everywhere so my mom paid the boys one penny for each pine cone they picked up, reminded me of when my grandma would pay us one penny for each weed we would pick, I guess the price for manual labor hasn't increased over the years.

 The weather wasn't perfect, we did have a little rain off and on but the scenery was beautiful.

My mom made me an angel food cake, decorated a table and had a banner hanging on the camper, isn't that so sweet.

This Coleman camp stove used to be my grandpa's so we loved cooking on it over the weekend, it's crazy to think that is what he cooked on for me when I was little and our families all camped.

We bought a new bicycle for me on the way home from camping, so now everyone in the family has a bike to ride.

 Saturday morning before breakfast we headed out fishing for my birthday.

I finally bought a fishing license this year so I was legal to fish away and not just "help" the boys anymore.

Since it was my birthday I knew that it would be my lucky day, and it was because I caught three fish.

We fished four times over the weekend so everyone had a chance to at least catch one fish.

Once Cody caught his first one he was hooked and wanted to go all the time.  He also managed to fall in the cold water up to his chest trying to get his line loose, not a fun thing at seven in the morning.

Luke managed to catch Heath once in the butt with his hook while casting, oops
but was all smiles when he finally caught a fish on our last time out.

When Ryan loses patience while waiting for a fish the worms become a good distraction.

Ruby is not a great one to take fishing, she doesn't like not being able to get in the water and swim.

Our fish totals for the weekend:

Melissa 3, Cody 3, Luke 1, Ryan 1

Poor Heath was busy helping get every one's poles ready, untangled their lines a million times and taking off all of the fish we caught to do much fishing of his own.

The weekend was almost perfect besides the lack of sleep caused mostly by Ruby and a little bit from the boys.  

The camper fits us so well and now that everyone has their own bed to sleep in, it makes it so much nicer.

The boys loved to go off exploring, play games, read comic books, eat smores, play with their knights, eat watermelon, talk with papa and grammy and hang out by the campfire. 

It was a birthday to remember for sure!