Monday, July 14, 2008

The Brent and Annette Leavitt Family Campout 2008

June 24-27 we loaded the van and packed up the trailer to meet the rest of the family up Grey's River in Star Valley, Wyoming for some camping, fishing, food (dutch oven), crafts, campfires and just plain fun. What a beautiful land it is. After we got settled we went further up Grey's River Rd. to Murphy Lake to check out the fishing spot for the next day.

Here are the cousins (left to right: Andrew, Monet, Matthew, Emma, Addison, Tiana, Lindsay and Bradley)
Lindsay says its all about "ME"
Okay we could not get Emma with her eyes open, but look at the mirror reflection in the lake. Just gorgeous.
Our new tent, we finally had to get a bigger one. We love it. It will sleep 8 and as we learned from the rain one night, it is nice and water proof. The rain fly kept us nice and dry!
Emma is sporting one of the craft project necklaces that Nanny had brought for the kids.

Jeff brought his paint guns and we all had fun taking turns shooting at targets. We tried to get one of the older kids to be our moving target but no one was game. I can't imagine why.

Lindsay's favorite past time was Nanny and Papa's swing which we had attached with rope to some large trees. I think she is about to fall asleep here.
Shane brought the Tote Gote mini bike and besides the swing that is all Lindsay wanted to do..."a ride, Daddy vroom vroom, Fun, WEEEEEE!" She had a hard time taking turns.

Lindsay reluctantly let Monet have a turn. Everyone enjoyed the mini bike.
Tiana and Lindsay just relaxing with Nanny and Papa in the background.

Tiana, Monet and Emma...boy Emma was hard to get looking at the camera.


Lindsay Loves her Uncle Jeff.
Papa brought his Washer game. Lindsay tossed this one and it was still rolling in the picture.

Earlier in the day the boys went fishing and caught a few good fish at Murphy lake in their float tubes and pontoon boats. So, this night we had a fish and chicken fry with dutch oven potatoes, corn on the cob and cobbler. MMMMMMM Yum!

Shane on potato duty.
Jeff frying fish and chicken.
Joel prepping the corn.
EMMA EATING CHICKEN!

One day we drove into Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The whole crew:
Front Row L-R: Lindsay, Emma, Becky, Tiana, Andrew, Monet, Nanny, Papa, Joel, Matthew, Bradley
Second Row L-R: Shane, Jeff, Sandy, Addison


The girl cousins...Lindsay, Emma, Monet, and Tiana at one of the antler arches.
Bradley on the Tote gote for his first solo ride. He had a Blast.
Round the campfire telling stories. The trip has come to an end and here we are striking the camp. It was an awesome 4 days with Dad and Mom, all the brothers, the wives, and some cousins together. Everyone had fun, the cousins all got along, there was plenty of food and activities and oh, yes DIRT. We hope to do it all again in the future.

Last stop, Shane and Becky, dirty and weathered from camping, pose at a Scenic Overlook on the way home from Wyoming. The scenery was just beautiful.

7 comments:

Unknown said...

What a great camping trip. Kudos to Annette and Brent for having such great preparations for the kids. It's great to be in the outdoors as a family enjoying nature. Hope our family can do it sometime in the future. Loved all the pictures.

Jillyboo said...

what an amazing and beautiful trip that looked like. I am dying to do some good old camping with the kids. If we dont get it in soon it will be a while for us.
And the kids are so cute. Man, I love pig tails!!!!!

The Ball Family said...

You are getting me so excited for our camping trip with Brad's family next week. I love camping...especially the food. It looked like you guys had a blast and I think Lindsay is getting cuter every second!

Jenn said...

That looks like you had so much fun! I miss the mountains! Great memories to scrapbook!

Emilee said...

becky! it is emilee! i cannot believe how your family has grown up! wow! your little "baby girl" is so cute, just like the rest of you! you look good too lady!

Natalie said...

Looks like a great trip. We rarely last more than 2 nights with our little one, so I'm very impressed. So glad to have you rblog address now so we can keep up with you!

Visit US soon at our blog!

Hugs, Natalie

kgirlsmom said...

Looks like you guys had a really fun time. I'm with Mom, let's plan a family camping trip with everyone. Dave and Jill will have to come from Colorado. Would Mom and Dad tent camp or rent an RV?