Backyard Fun

We decided to make a tradition of an end of year camp out in the backyard around Labor Day. That way we can have one last camp and get all our gear cleaned really well and put away for the winter properly. So we have fun and check for problems to be taken care of before we put it away for an extended period. We meant to do it labor day weekend but we ended up in Delta instead so we did it Sept 10. The kids loved running around the yard and "helping" Daddy put up the tent. Aaron's got his trusty tools!

We had camp food for dinner and it was easier being in the backyard instead of out in the "wilderness". Here is our usual tent set up-our big queen sleeping bag on an air mattress, Miriam's pillow/sleeping bag (that somehow she never has stayed in long anytime we've camped) and Aaron's pack and play. We dressed as warm as we could but we didn't make it between being cold and Aaron sleeping really restless which doesn't work well when all 4 of us is squished in a sleeping bag so I took the kids in at some middle of the night hour. Eric finished the night alone and much more comfortable.

Sat we scrubbed the tent down good and said good-bye till summer. We thought we should submit this picture of Miriam to the Kodiak company to use as advertisement. :)
The other bit of fun we added to our backyard was this slide on Sept 24. We had been looking for a used one that I liked for a long time and finally found it for apx $20. Hooray, maybe they will stay in the yard better. Just their size, for a little while at least.