Crocketfest 2009

Our annual Walsh/Thuente camping trip was this weekend. And it was another awesome weekend. Josh and Lillian were good playmates enjoying the swings on the campsite, the wagon rides, and the pool. Friday night was the late night as usual... staying up to the wee hours... LOTS of good laughs right Joe??

Friday night was FREEZING in tents... Josh was nice and warm this time though in his lined windpants and thermal long sleeve shirt. His coleman sleeping bag from Uncle Joe is also nice and warm. Jim and I on the other hand... not so much. And even though I didn't drink... being pregnant still forced me to get out of the sleeping bag for a trip to the woods in the middle of the night.

Saturday was a nice relaxing day at the pool. Swimming, playing cards, drinking games, and the occasional nap. The menu for the weekend consisted of the old favorites, sloppy joes, walking tacos, omelets in a bag, sandwiches, and a new entry... Breakfast Bacon Explosion. Jim had 4 hard boiled eggs wrapped with pork sausage and then wrapped in a lattice of bacon. Smoked it for 6 hours. All he had to do Sunday was warm it up on the fire. Everyone seemed to think it was delicious. And I made my g'mas carmel rolls... yum!

The keg was cashed at the pool around 4pm and that also foreshadowed the early night. I think everyone was in bed around 10:30pm. At 3am we had a dual with racoons... A racoon was eating the left over sloppy joes from one of the coolers. Yep - it opened the cooler. It was highly amusing to hear the drama unfold as Joe, Jim, and Mark saved our food. My only concern when the fun was over was... did they eat the caramel rolls?

Josh had an okay time with potty training on the trip. It was a lot harder to remember to continually ask. Only one accident but he was in his overnight diaper a bit longer than he would have been at home. And bringing his little Elmo party worked slick for the campsite.

Baby #2 was kicking up a storm on Saturday. Lots of people were able to feel the kicks. Pretty cool for being only 19 weeks along. A little more than 2 weeks until we get to see the baby in the ultrasound. YAY!