Our 4th of July camping trip

Over the 4th of July weekend we went camping with some friends up at Mount Charlston. We had a GREAT time. It was so nice because it's only about an hour away and we enjoyed temperatures in the mid 70's while in Las Vegas they were suffering through temps around 112 degrees....nightmare time!! We loved being in the cool weather for a few days and had fun playing games, eating yummy food, and enjoying wonderful company. We hardly saw our boys. They loved running around, hiking, playing with their friends, etc. I've put some pictures here on the blog...they are in NO particular order. I have a hard time adding pictures to the blog, I never know what order they are going to post and I can't figure out how to move them once they are on here. Anyway, enjoy a little glimpse into our weekend with friends. Thanks Erin and Jen (and families) for the awesome time we had. We'll have to do it again sometime.


our campsite and tent
looking down at our camp from the little hill

the band of wanderers that I happened to catch

we had our share of owies, but we had cool band-aids too
playing "knock down the water bottles" with Darrel
enjoying the radios that Kevin and Erin brought along
roasting hot dogs on the grill over the fire for dinner

Darrel traversing the hill by the campsite with the little boys

Alex and Sam enjoying being able to use the hatchet
Erin taking a picture of me taking a picture of her
Sydney, Abbie, and I did a flad craft for the 4th
this is a light saber conference the boys were having


Brooklyn enjoying her watermelon

Will enjoying his watermelon
Sydney talking on the radio
Sam playing the name game with everyone
Johnathan showing his "sign" playing the sign game



Zachary showing off his smore

Those are some good looking marshmellows, Sam
We plum wore Zach out
We also got VERY, VERY dirty in the three days
Backgammon was the game of choice, Alex played it a lot during the day


Hopefully you've now made it through...thanks for hanging on. We really did have a great time and were sad to come back to the hot, hot, hot of Las Vegas. We ARE happy, however, to have access to showers and bathrooms with flushing toilets. Some modern conveniences are just worth whatever price you must pay. On our way down the mountain as we watched the temperature rise in our van we were already planning our next camping trip up the mountain.