Roughin' it!

Some friends of our convinced us to go camping in the middle of nowhere.  I must admit it took a little convincing.  While outhouses aren't great, they are better than none.  However, I decided to give it a try and it turned out to be rather fun. 

Spencer understood the point of camping rather quickly

Get as dirty as possible -- this was about 20 minutes after we arrived.

This served as our bathroom facilities - which were almost better than an outhouse, because it didn't smell

 Plus, we had a pretty great view

Definitely, better than an outhouse!

The kids had a lot of fun.  Someone had built a teepee they had fun playing with

I just had to make this look rustic

Andrew found all the "weapons" he needed

And even convinced Alexis to play "lightsabers"

The babies spent a lot of time in the playpen to keep them (mostly Spencer) away from the fire.  Luckily if you supply pretzels Spencer was happy.  Plus they seem to enjoy "playing" together - mostly.

Brandon of course took advantage of the photo opportunities

Spencer found he loved camping and all the camp food

which is always better if Eaten out of the dirt.  

If you have seen the documentary Babies you will understand why I felt like the African mama -- except we were more dressed