Camping Part Two

Knowing our camping days were numbered we decided to give it one more go before the weather changed. We were a day or two too late. It was chilly and rainy and, unfortunately, we had to set up our tent in the glow of the headlights because we had to wait to leave after soccer games. Impressively, we had decided at Maddie's game to go for it. We arrived home, showered, packed the car and made a grocery run, getting on the road within an hour. We were all very proud of our speediness!

Nathan did get the fire going so we were able to roast hotdogs. As we were huddled under the umbrella, I suggested we sing some songs. No one could think of one and then Gabriel chimes in with: 

Camping, camping, camping

Roasting marshmallows

Doing stuff

Getting chocolate out of the car

Maddie's new sleeping bag

We loved it and it became the family tune for the night. 

The next morning the rain really started to come down so we quickly packed up and decided to stop by a cyclocross race. Cyclocross is a mix of mountain biking, racing and lots of mud. It was pretty intense, also freezing and very, very dirty.

We were very ready to head home. We had invited a few families over to watch the Patriots game so we cleaned up and had a fun crazy evening at home. Talk about a busy weekend!