Memorial Day!

Our family enjoyed another great weekend of camping over Memorial Day (and who doesn't love those extended weekends!)

After some initial confusion as to where our campsite was, we got setup fairly quickly. My sister camped with us and it was her first time setting up her new camper, so we helped her out some. Nothing major - just working out some kinks. We discovered early on that our neighbors had FOUR dogs with them, but Cooper for the most part ignored them. We were pretty worried that we were going to have a weekend full of barking!

Friday night we completely and totally cheated - we ran into town for pizza! It was almost 8:00 by the time we got everything set-up and no one felt like cooking. I tell you what...it was delicious!

Saturday, we woke up to cloudy skies. We got a little rain off and on during the day, but nothing unbearable. We did make a quick trip to Wal-Mart to pick up a grate for the fire ring. Unfortunately, Clayton Hills doesn't have grates over their fires and we like to do most of our cooking on the fire. We bought a $10.00 grill replacement grate and propped it up. It worked fairly good!

Saturday night brought karaoke! My sisters and I even wound up singing! (We had a little liquid courage in the form of some Busch Light). It was probably one of the more redneck events I have been to, but also one of the funner things I have participated in. My Dad and Uncle Rod sang (beautiful voices) and a lot of people sang that probably shouldn't have (my sisters and I most likely in that group.) I tell ya - if you have never sang karaoke while camping, you're missing out.

Merry and Sid (aunt and uncle from Texas) were camping this weekend. They left Sunday morning for the next leg of their journey. They are a retired couple that spent a few years traveling and have now settled in Texas. Was nice to see them again!

Sunday, we made our best score yet! The people across the way from us were selling their grilling system. We got the grill, post arm, carrying case and carrying tube for $30.00! Toby, Hunter and I went fishing and we used the new system to fry our fish for supper. It worked awesome! Emily went shopping with my sister Jessie. She just isn't into fishing!

Monday morning looked a little gray and rainy, so we decided to get around fairly early and come home. Can't wait for the next trip!

Menu:

Friday
supper - pizza!
Saturday
breakfast - cereal
lunch - hot dogs and brats
supper - chicken fajitas
Sunday
breakfast - pancakes and sausage
lunch - hot dogs and brats
supper - fresh fish
Monday
breakfast - whatever anyone scrounged up!

Mods Completed:

Moved the stacking shelves into the cupboard (put them side by side) and used them to stack dishes.
Bought a shelf for a $1.00 at a garage sale on the way home from Prairie. Put in on the counter top.
Hung a 3-tier basket from the door track.

I'll try to get pictures taken of these things and post them soon...
Also maybe some karaoke pictures. :)