The Final Campout

Well we made it home from our last camping trip. It was lots of fun but mom and dad are very glad to be home again. We went to Dusty camp up at Lake Brittan and it definately lived up to its name. There was white chalk dust everywhere and Jayden and I thought it was fun to make murals on the rocks with the chalk. We ended up just about as white as the rocks though. Luckily we were right on the lake so all we had to do was go swimming to find our normal color again. We had lots of fun camping with my Burney friends. Uncle Pete and Aunt Tina brought their boat so there was lots of tubing and wake boarding. Dad tried some new tricks and even mom got up on the wakeboard. Jayden and I got to go tubing too! Below is a picture of me and my dad on the tube. Aunt Tina let
Jayden behind the wheel and he thought it was lots of fun to "jive" the
boat. Me and mom and dad also got to go fishing and I caught my first crappie. We didn't get a picture of it though. Camp was lots of fun and I am sad that its over. But the exciting thing is that I start kindergarten next week! Hope you all had a fun summer!

Patrick's Point

Well were home again. Patricks Point was alot of fun. We went to the beach alot and dad taught me how to hunt for agates. Steve, Trish, Courtney and Hailey were there for the first two days. Marla, Ryan, and Aspyn came on Thursday. It was lots of fun. We went to an aquarium in Trinidad where we got to see crabs, fish, tiger sharks and even an octopus. Then we went outside to a little "touch pool" where we got to hold starfish and other little sea creatures. Below is a picture of one of the starfish. Its called a sunflower starfish. There was also a sea slug which mom thought was really gross.












On Friday my "Burney friends" came. Uncle Jon and Aunt Amy came all the way from Louisiana and Tennessee. Brian, Ben, Millie, Lydia, and Emily didn't know they were coming camping until Amy and Jon got there. They were surprised and I was very glad they came. This is Uncle Jon playing with Jayden on Moonstone beach and below is me and my Burney friends in a canoe in the Yurok Village. We also went to a zoo, a cheese factory, and Ferndale. I wasn't very excited about shopping in Ferndale but mom did buy me some candy buttons from an old fashioned candy shop. That last picture is of me, Jayden, dad, Zach (Zach and Brenda came on Saturday) and Buddy on top of a rock we climbed. Buddy had to climb it three times before he made it to the top.







Well all in all camp was a ton of fun and I was sad to come home. But in three
days were off again to camp GoFer Wink (Goza, Ferrer, Winkelman) for our final camp out and three more days of fun. We will post again when we get back. Hope you are enjoying your final weeks of summer like we are!

Better late than never

Well were a little late on posting our camping pictures but mom and dad have been very busy lately. My great grandma bear has been very sick and in the hospital but I'm happy to say shes doing much better at the moment. Family camp was lots of fun. Our theme was "Pirates of the Carribean" and theres was lots to do. We played games (thats me pinning my X on the treasure map), went fishing (I caught my first bass) and swam in the lake. Jayden and I had a blast getting dirty, singing around the campfire and making smores. Mom and Dad, Kayla, Justin, Laurie, Kale and others who joined up later spent alot of time figuring out Kevin's infamous treasure hunt. They said he did a really good job because it was very hard. It took them all three days to figure it out.

This is an example of one of the clues. This one had my dad and Justin snorkeling the beach at 8:00 in the morning (which happened to be way off)





This is them finding the treasure.....finally. It took them until Sunday night. This is a picture of the 'X' at heart lake where the final stake was hidden. It was a 45 min. hike up to the lake. Dad was really sore (he had to hike it twice) but they did get fifty gold dollars out of it and they took the highschoolers, Zachary, me and Jayden out for milkshakes to celebrate. That was the part I liked.










Well were off to camp again this weekend at Patricks Point so we'll post those pictures when we get back. Hope everyone has a great week!