Homestyle Camping

Images of a campfire, dutch oven cobbler, hiking, games, tents and nature had filled our heads. We were going to finally go camping in the great outdoors! We made the reservations at Golden Gate State Park. We made the (long) list of supplies and food that we needed to go and have a great time. I was actually excited! So were the kids! So was Taft! But what the heck? It started to rain, rain and rain some more. The weather forecast said it would only be in the 40's where we were going. Um, no! We would not camp in that. Can we said mud and ick and "family bonding time" in a 14x14 space. Not so fun. So we decided we needed to stay home. Booo. We thought it would be okay enough at home to roast the hot dogs and make peach cobbler and s'mores in our backyard. That wasn't even going to happen. I think it has been raining for like 36 hours now! Where do we live? This can't be Denver weather. We always get to see the sun. So we did the best next thing. We ate dinner at Olive Garden (doesn't that just say camping to you?) and came home to have a family movie night.

We watched College Road Trip and it was actually pretty cute for all of to watch. For our intermission we made indoor s'mores and they actually looked like the real thing! We just broiled them up. And yum!


We set up the 4 man tent (who are we kidding, how would you fit 4 MEN into that thing?) and we let Brayden, Kennedi and Carter dream happily and pretend they were in the mountains.



And how nice for me, I got to sleep in my comfy king bed and not freeze. But I am still sad we didn't get in a camping trip in this year. We will just have to make it first on our list for next summer. Here is to next year!