Camping

I am not the girl that will raise her hand and volunteer to go camping.....EVER!  But my husband loves it, so does my son, and I decided that Scott does so much for me that I would give him this one thing and dive into the whole camping experience with our family of 5.  The closer that we got to the weekend adventure the more I actually became excited.  Just thinking about trying to relax at home and knowing that "relaxing" at home is not actually relaxing because there is just always something to do or something going on.  So I thought that this would be great for "unplugging" so to speak. 
Now I will also tell you that I cannot at all say that I "roughed" it really because we took my in-laws RV so I had conveniences but still its not home or a hotel with a pool boy bringing you drinks nor does it have room services or housekeeping.  Actually its alot like being at home just that your not.  You still have to do the campfire cooking and clean up after everyone. 
The first evening we got to the campground we set up our site and cooked out (obviously).  Scott fell asleep in the tent at 10:00 (he actually had to get up and go to work the next morning).  I took the kiddos into the RV and we popped in a movie and all snuggled up in our AC RV in the same bed.  They did not fall asleep until after 2 a.m.!!!!!!  Rolling on one another, fighting over covers, kicking at whoever just touched them with their toe!  Scott woke up to head to work and said "How'd ya sleep?  Man I slept great out in that tent!"  No kidding?!?!  So off to work he went, the kids actually slept utnil 9:00 and when they woke up I had to get them ready to head back home because we had some things to tend to.  ( I showered, changed my clothes, and picked up the house a bit is what that means!)  Before leaving the site though, Liv was flinging a glow stick in front of her face that had a hole in it, I can only imagine that it was because her sister probably bit through it at some point the night before, and it shoots straight into her eyes!  OMG!  Blood curdling screaming, she won't open her eyes so I'm trying to calm her down and rinse her eyes out when she takes off running from me with her eyes closed, trips over a bag and falls flat in the rocks!  EVEN MORE SCREAMING!!!  So I load her up in the car while she is still a mess and we head for home.  After a LONG car ride home she is fine after Chase offers up some gum he is refusing to give away. 
We get our stuff done at the house and go back up to the campground to head to the beach!  YEA!  This is what I have been looking forward to!  Scott was going to meet us there, the kids were excited to swim and I had some good magazines.  I was ready to get some sun!!!  Well, Chase heads right into the water (lake water of course), Livi is flipping out because there are SHARKS in there and Sidney is putting sand into her suit and trying to fling herself out into the water without any floaties!  And poor Scott was late and got to swim for 15 minutes.  Poor guy.  Anywho~ we head back to grill some burgers and while the boys are getting dinner ready the girls hop in the RV shower to rinse off.  Now these aren't big showers but they do serve a purpose.  Well, Liv trips in the shower and takes down the curtain and rod and is freaking out because "Is Papa and grama going to have  a talk with me about that!??!"  Because they are so scary!!  Then we finally get situated, eat some good food and play some games. 
Chase was in charge of keeping the fire going and he was putting hedgewood on the fire.  I would have no idea that there is a difference in wood but apparently hedgewood not only burns really hot but it shoots out sparks!  Like a small fireworks show!  He thinks it great so he keeps piling it on which was fine, I was tired and I was ready to sleep.  So Scott again fell asleep in the tent by himself and the kids and I again piled into the RV.  They were much more tired so getting them to sleep wasn't too hard with a good movie in.  I did make Liv a smore's in the microwave because the hedgewood was still splattering into the air and when Chase realized what I did he informed me that I AM NOT A CAMPER!  To which I replied......"We all knew that!"  But then after they fell asleep I laid in bed with them and played Angry Birds on my IPod!!!  I'm addicted like the rest of the world!  Then up this morning, breakfast and on the road!!  Again, you have to unload and wash everything!!!  Ugh!  By the way.... Scott wakes up at 6 a.m. because he again...slept great!  This is only in my mind because he slept alone and not with 3 kids piled on  him!  HAHA!
BUT~ I will admit that it wasn't bad and it was nice to spend uninterupted time with my husband and kids.  I will do it again, I can only assume I'll get better at it.  But I still look forward to sitting on the beach and being catered to.  Hey...I think I deserve that every now and again!
Here's to rough'n it!!!  And here's to coming home!!!!!  CHEERS! 
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