Trevor has been itching to get up north for a while now. While I enjoy the time we spend there, I don't enjoy all the packing & preparation required to get us up there, not to mention all of the unpacking and putting away after we return! We finally went this last weekend. Trevor's parents met us up there. We left Friday after school...well, we didn't really get on the road until about 7. Hunter fell asleep within 15 minutes and slept the entire way. Jacob made it all the way until we were about 10-15 minutes away from our trailer. It felt like a pretty quick drive..we were all grateful for that! When we got there, I left Hunter in the car while we got the trailer opened up and the bed turned down for him. At this point, we realized we didn't have any bedding. Apparently we took the boys' sleeping bags home the last trip. We are still trying to figure out why. We had the sheets to our bed and one sleeping bag. When we finally got the bedding situation figured out, I went back to get Hunter out of the car and he was awake and hysterical. It broke my heart! I don't know how long he had been awake, but obviously the car muffled his cries. It was very dark out there and he was probably so scared and confused to wake up that way! I grabbed him and was carrying him up to the trailer when my foot caught the board we use as a step to get up to our steps and I started falling forward with Hunter in my arms. I almost fell off the other end of the board but I gave it everything I had to keep us on top! I don't think that would help Hunter's situation at all for him to end up in the gravel with his mom landing on top of him! I got him into his bed and he laid there for a while and calmed down. Unfortunately he was wide awake afterward. We ate some dinner and watched TV before we made the boys settle down and lay in their beds. It was probably around 12:30 a.m. Trevor & I were exhausted. I'm not sure how long it took them to fall asleep. We turned out the lights and conked out ourselves! At least they were quiet! We woke up at 4 a.m. freezing! We had given the sleeping bag to Jacob and the fitted sheet (folded up for more layers) from our bed to Hunter since he seems to be hotter when he sleeps. Luckily I packed long pajamas for the boys. That left Trevor & I with a sheet for our bedding. Trevor got up and turned the heater on. We slept peacefully after that for the next few hours!
The next day was rather warm. I was disappointed because I was looking forward to a nice, cool weekend in the woods. By 11, I was roasting! We all piled in the car where it was nice & cool, so we could go sight-seeing, run errands, take the kids shopping at the dollar store and get some lunch. Anything to keep us out of that heat!
Jacob was so pleased to have Daddy sitting in the back seat with him! We drove our Tahoe, but the back seats were out so the 6 of us (Trevor's parents were with us) intimately sat 3 to a row.
Luckily by the time we were done with our adventure, it had cooled off to a more bearable temperature.
We relaxed outside and enjoyed some down time.
Hunter's favorite place was playing in the back of Papa's truck. He was back there for hours playing with his cars!
Jacob loves to climb up our doorways but we discourage it. He was excited to be able to climb up these trees without any restriction!
Doesn't he look so relaxed here? He enjoyed blowing bubbles endlessly. That has got to be the life for a kid!
That night the kids were a little more restless. They went to bed easily since they were exhausted from playing outside all day. Trevor & I stayed up to watch a movie and then fell asleep. Within a half hour of us falling asleep, both kids were thrashing around, bumping into the wall, hitting the blinds above their beds, talking in their sleep. I felt like I was awake every half an hour by something. Hunter was even saying, "Mom..Mom..I can't find my shoe." I really thought he was awake and asking for his shoes in the middle of the night, but he was sound asleep! Needless to say, we were both exhausted the next day.
Trevor & his Dad took us shooting that morning. The boys even got to take a few turns. Jacob enjoyed shooting a "real" gun!
Hunter plugged his ears whenever the guns were shot. I find it ironic that the creator of the loudest noises in our house doesn't like loud noises.
He enjoyed stuffing his pockets full of bullet shells. The boys called them missiles. He has quite a collection that we left at "camping" for him to enjoy next time we go up!
After shooting, we cooled off in the trailer. Trevor got the a/c blowing and the boys were good to it and watch an entire movie, giving the adults a chance to enjoy a few games of Farkle. While we were playing, we watched some dark clouds roll in and got excited about the chance of a rain storm. Unfortunately, it never amounted to anything more than a sprinkle or two, but at least it cooled off to a more bearable degree.
This poor little fella was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was hiding underneath a board that was propped up in the back of a work truck. The boys got into the back of the truck and started running on the boards. Unfortunately the bat was crushed.
Jacob asked if we could keep the bat and take it home. We told him when things die they get stinky and gross. His solution was to put it in a baggie so it wouldn't be stinky. He really does have an answer to everything!
We headed home on Sunday evening. The drive was beautiful and we enjoyed some rain on the way home (luckily it wasn't as heavy as last time). We were so disappointed to roll into the valley at 9:00 p.m. and find our thermometer at 102 degrees. While driving through the rim, the lowest it got was 61 degrees. It is disgusting how in less than 2 hours of driving, the temperature can raise over 40 degrees!
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