We just arrived back after an excellent weekend camping trip with the Weisers. We planned this weekend to begin our Spring break week. On Friday, Lisa and I accompanied our families to the campground, and then left soon after for our monthly book club. I met a new member to our book club, who I have not met since I have taken my book club hiatus! :-) After a couple of hours at book club discussing the book The Shack, we left and headed to Walmart where we picked up candy and plastic Easter eggs to hide at the campground. When we got back to the campground, all of the children were asleep and our husbands were relaxing by a blazing campfire. What a way to return!
The weather on Saturday was blissful. 65 degrees with a slight breeze. These days are always my favorite, when I can wear long sleeves and be comfortable, with warm sunshine on my face. The kids played outside, collecting worms for fishing later in the day. Around lunchtime, TJ, Lisa and I took all four kids to the pond to try our luck at fishing. I didn't even believe that there were fish in the murky pond, but within five minutes, Allison had caught a HUGE fish! It was pretty impressive. The rest of us fished in vain, without even a nibble, until Julienne casually said, "Where is my bobber?" and reeled in her fish! I guess it was ladies' luck on the pond, and "Big Daddy Fisherman" TJ, was shown up by the females of the group! During the afternoon, the kids played at the playground and Lisa and I read our books by the campfire.
For dinner, we cooked pork chops over the fire, stuffing and green beans. We made s'mores for dessert, and then the kids were off to bed for the evening. Chris, Lisa, TJ and I played Spades and TJ and I emerged victorious! It was much more fun than poker.
On Sunday, we slept until 9:00 and then cooked a big community breakfast of pancakes, bacon, scrapple (yuck!), scrambled eggs and toast. There were ten of us eating, and we ate everything except a few pieces of toast and 2 pancakes! That is a lot of food! TJ and Tre left for baseball practice in H'burg around 12:30. The weather was again glorious and Chris took the girls and Ethan down to the pond for fishing. Lisa and I stuffed the Easter eggs with candy items, and watched the movie Twilight, as I had just finished the book. When the girls returned, they joined us for lunch and the last of the movie. TJ and Tre returned around 4:00, and we sent the kids off while the adults hid all 66 eggs around the campsite. The kids returned and the hunt began. We had found some camoflauged eggs, so it made the hunting a little bit harder. The kids found all but 3-4 eggs.
After the Easter egg hunt, the adults started another game of Spades while the kids played at the campsite. The Ludholtzes came to visit, and eat dinner, so we postponed the rest of our Spades game. The Weisers were beating us by about 300 points, and we stopped at a mere 10 points! The Weisers and Luds ate burgers and hot dogs, and we cooked steak, macaroni and cheese and broccoli. After dinner, it was friendship and conversation around the campfire. The kids went into the Weisers camper for a movie, and we said goodbye to the Luds. We resumed our Spades game, and miraculously, TJ and I came back to win our third game! We played one last game, and the Weisers finally beat us, horribly! Off to bed we went, after laughing until our bellies hurt during our game. It was so much fun.
We packed up this morning and headed for home. Back to the 'burg!
