Monday, May 26, 2008

Toasty Toes: At Camp

Little known fact: THe name of my blog came from a camping trip. It's true. I am well known for burning myself every single time I try to cook. Well. Once, at camp, I was cooking barefoot...
not a good idea. Anyhow, I burned my toes, and hence my nickname- toasty toes. Every year, I take that same trip. Same spot, Same friends. We adore it, and long for it each time it rolls around. I am already finding myself thinking of next year.

Only, next year, we will likely be a million miles away and my friends will be telling stories around a campfire- without me. I savored this year. Every second, every smell, every laugh, every diet dr pepper. Every RAINDROP, LIGHTENING STRIKE, AND THUNDERCLAP. It was a very wet trip.

and yet we found time for fun. We found several geo caches out in the middle of the woods. Tick territory. The ticks were angry at us for invading their sanctuary and took revenge by sucking our blood. We stopped counting ticks- oh, somewhere around fifty. But we had eleven kids, so divide that up...

Oh, the cuteness of the kids. I don't have permission to post pictures of other people's babies, so I tease you with this picture of baby Oak. Okie dokey to his friends. He loves me. His cup says so.

I hope your memorial weekend was as memorable as mine. Minus the the panicy trips to a covered shelter, tick picking, and midnight runs to an insect-owned bathhouse. including of course, a million verses of Fried Ham-Fried Ham, stories in the round that start with a princess and end with everyone dead, and always, always in which Darth Vador must make an appearance (and who, I guess, loves to give wet willies via the force). Also including laughter, hugs, smiles, and the twinkle of your child's eyes as the discover the beauty of God's world.

3 comments:

muralimanohar said...

Ticks? Dude. My skin is crawling. And you go back every year??

Gwen said...

You have permission to post pics of my littles.

Murali, yeah, we go back every year, lol. It is simply the BEST camping for big groups around. The ticks are regrettable, but not a deal breaker. The majority of them came after a geo-caching trip through a nest of them. I only had one tick, I didn't go on that trip, lol.

muralimanohar said...

Ticks are DEFINITELY a deal breaker. A little creature sticking it's head into your skin, and living like that?? Creeeeepy. Ew. lol Would they stay away if you like, did something like drown in garlic or yeast or both or something?? YK, like mosquitos???