Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Camping w/ the Apples and Johnsons

well....we have started a new thing in the dora family......CAMPING! lol very hard to imagine our family camping i know....but kids just love it and i enjoy just "getting away" for the weekend. and drew.....well....not sure what he likes about it or IF he really likes it. i know he enjoys seeing how much fun the kids have and how they just light up when they know they get to spend the night in the camper!!! but all in all, it's just a fun & cheap way to make family memories!

so we were invited to go camping w/ the apples and johnsons. two of the most sweet, fun loving, and laid back families you'll ever meet! i already knew the apples...but it's always great to get to know them even better!!! :) and i had met the johnsons, but never spent any amount of time w/ them. they took us and our children in like they had known us for years!! just like the apples, they were so much fun, and treated our kids like their own! brad and mary (apple) even took our kids for about an hour so i could shower, brush my teeth, and just do what i wanted....IN PEACE! THANKS BRAD AND MARY!!!! as you will see in a few pics, the johnsons brought 3 out of 4 of their kids!!! lol their dogs! they are the sweetest dogs....and they listen sooooooo well!! and my kids just loved them, and they dogs loved them back!! so thanks guys for inviting us :) we had a great time!!!!!!!!!!! btw - beautiful pose mary!!!! lol




































drew and i were playing cornhole against brad and seth! brad and seth won :( but only because they had the advantage of being used to playing on a small cornhole game! drew and i are used to big ones!!!!


















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  1. SethOctober 7, 2009 at 11:56 AM

    What a great weekend with a great family. We look forward to the next time! The pics are gr8! Good food, good friends, gr8 kids, dogs, campires, fishin', games, laughter, s'mores, it just doesn't get any better than that! It's not often you have 3 kids, 3 dogs, fishin' hooks, campires, bikes; that the worst you come away with is a fine for dog poop, hahaha
    You're a lucky woman Mel!
    Your campin' buddy,
    Seth

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