Labor Day Weekend

This year we got to go camping! Yay!  (We got all this awesome camping stuff for our wedding and hardly ever get the chance to use it!)  We were invited by my parents, who were invited by a friend, who was invited by a cousin..follow?  That means we weren't really invited but went anyways. You know you want us there..we're fun :)

Friday we left later then we were supposed to and my mom was getting ready to drive a couple miles down the road to try to call us, but we made it before dark so it was ok.  We got our massive taj mahal of tents set up and joined my family for an always delicious dinner by my dad.

Saturday was AWESOME.  A bunch of people on this camping trip are big into guns, so we drove out into the middle of nowhere and set up targets and shot for a few hours.  Kirk is much better with the shotgun then I am, but I rock the AR and handgun like he doesn't. (I told my brother to call me Annie, and he didn't get it.  I explained Annie Oakley. Nothing. Geesh little brother..)  At one point I was shooting a target about 160yds away with the AR and everyone thought it was my dad hitting it.  That made me feel pretty awesome, because my dad is a great shot.  I got to use the new PINK Winchester earmuff that Auston got me, and the PINK Winchester safety glasses Kirk got me.  I was stylin'.

Sunday we mostly just hung around all day and relaxed.  My dads friend hung up a couple hammocks and I think at almost any given time, you could find me or my mom in one with a book.  We played lots of Apples to Apples, and Kirk even answered some questions correct in Star Wars Trivial Pursuit.  He's very proud of himself.  My dad made dessert. That hands down wins everything.  It's called "Blueberry Awesomeness".  If that doesn't sound good, I don't know what does.  Its basically cake mix mixed with blueberries and a can of sprite, then a layer of cream cheese mixed with powered sugar and vanilla, topped with sugar cookie dough. When it cooks it melts together in this gooey, fruity deliciousness.  This time though, instead of just blueberry, he also made one with peach, and one with blackberries. I was in heaven.

Monday we were able to help my little brothers with their Kayaking merit badge for scouts.  They were fine with all the stuff you could do out of the water just sitting in the boat, but when it got to the "now you have to flip your kayak" part, we had some very unenthusiastic boys on our hands.  Bryce flipped it on his first try, but little Auston had to try so hard!  After our time in the water, we had to pack up and come home.. It was a sad part of the day. It was made better when my dads friend told me I was his favorite out of all my parents children. Yeah, I rock.