On Friday night, Karen and I hosted our niece and nephew for a night of camping in the backyard. Here, Katie is holding the tent up while I staked the guy lines.
Meanwhile, Alex played with this Light Bright, which he won at his school.
...And here we all are in front of the tent. I discovered that is it literally impossible to get three children looking at the camera and smiling at the same time. I think Karen took about 15 pictures, and this is the best I could come up with.
As luck would have it, we had what was probably the biggest wind storm of the summer near dinner time. When I first bought this tent, I was complaining to my friend Matt about how much work it was to stake all of the guy lines. His reply was, (and I quote) "I really like guys." While I thought it was a bit creepy at the time, I have to admit that he was onto something because the tent flapped like crazy but the guys never budged (for those of you who don't know, Matt is a tent connoisseur.) We all hid out in the tent to eat our dutch over dinner while the wind howled outside.
The wind foiled our plan for a campfire, but Alex suggested we use charcoal to make s'mores. So I lit some charcoal and we roasted s'mores around the "campfire" in the shop.
Karen and I had a good time hanging out with the kids and I think they enjoyed playing with "Miss" Elena.
Meanwhile, Alex played with this Light Bright, which he won at his school.
...And here we all are in front of the tent. I discovered that is it literally impossible to get three children looking at the camera and smiling at the same time. I think Karen took about 15 pictures, and this is the best I could come up with.
As luck would have it, we had what was probably the biggest wind storm of the summer near dinner time. When I first bought this tent, I was complaining to my friend Matt about how much work it was to stake all of the guy lines. His reply was, (and I quote) "I really like guys." While I thought it was a bit creepy at the time, I have to admit that he was onto something because the tent flapped like crazy but the guys never budged (for those of you who don't know, Matt is a tent connoisseur.) We all hid out in the tent to eat our dutch over dinner while the wind howled outside.
The wind foiled our plan for a campfire, but Alex suggested we use charcoal to make s'mores. So I lit some charcoal and we roasted s'mores around the "campfire" in the shop.
Karen and I had a good time hanging out with the kids and I think they enjoyed playing with "Miss" Elena.
This is Matt. I never said I like guys...or did I? I was probably joking around to lighten the mood when we realized you forgot the propane bottle and we were going to freeze our "guys" off the following morning.
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