August 2, 2008

Don't you just love bed head and then camping bed head on top of that! DD slept so much better our last night there. Having her PJ's and sweater on, with blankets all around and half way over her p-n-p and two over her. We also added on a pair of socks over her hands like she was a new born to help keep her fingers warm. Luckily she slept till 5am! It was great. I then warmed her up again and we slept till 8:30am! It was the best sleep we got all trip.












Look what I found Mom...a flashlight!

Here's what our situation looked like for sleeping situation:

DD's P-n-P in the corner with my cot next to that. DD was on the floor next to the cot and we still havd tons of room in front of the door way for baggage and crawling room for DD.








DD even got to shoot the basketball with Daddy! What a lucky little girl.

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Panning for Gold


This nice lady (wearing the red shirt) was panning her own mixture but we all thought she worked there. Thankfully she was kind enough to help teach us all how to do it and helped out the kids too. I love strangers that are so kind and generous!

What did you find?

This is DD's 2 year-old cousin whom she wanted to love immediately. She wanted to give her kisses before anyone else too. Her cousin wasn't as sure about her at first but after awhile warmed up and returned the kiss too. It was fun to see them interact together.

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Scott Mills Park

After everyone was finished panning for gold we all headed out of the campground and went to a local park for lunch (a community lunch of peoples donated items--it worked out nicely too) and a group photo. Unfortunately due to the rain on Friday we weren't able to make it there earlier for swimming.

DD fell asleep in the car immediately and we just let her sleep there so she wouldn't be a grouch for the rest of the day. We also took the advise from DH's sister to just photo shop her into the group picture! I think that was great advise. We just now need to gather together to make that happen.

Overall it was a wonderful Family Reunion. I just wish it were a day or two longer. I loved seeing everyone but wished we had more time to talk together. I think next time we are planning on getting the group site which will be nicer since then we will all be closer together. We might add on a day too.

This is what the family looks like after being together for too many days straight!