Camping- TONS of pictures

We went camping to the dust bowl of California. It was a beautiful campground, tall trees, nice weather, but tons of dust. Despite the dust we still had a great time, and wonder of wonders we did not get any ticks!! (In MO you are pretty much guaranteed to get some ticks) The kids loved the dirt, and they were just thrilled to be outside for so long. There was no way I could have done Brylee's hair with how dirty it was, so she went 4 days with no new hair do. It looked great! :) We had a great time with the cousins, Grandma and Grandpa, Nana, Aunt Casey, Uncle Ryan and Aunt Cathy, Uncle Juan and Aunt Kayla, the Lamonts, and Charlie Judd. What a fun camping trip we had.

Halle and Brylee

The quads (I think we had 11 total)

Katy and Halle

Alex- hey you got a little something on your face...

Ryan

Alex and Katy- some tough girls! They rode those quads all over the place! And there was NO avoiding the dirt.

Brylee caught a bear (about 300 pounds) and tried to eat it, notice the blood around her mouth.

Watch out for those chompers! (More blood)

Katy, Brylee and Saidi

Wow, those are some tough warrior faces! All the kids made bows and arrows. They loved it!

He is supposed to be making a tough face.

Cody with his bow. Watch out!

Alex doing homework. What a smarty pants!

Brian was brave enough to ride with Cody, I think Grandpa is giving them a push start. (or a pep talk, or a shoulder massage... not really sure)

Dallin driving BIG RED all by himself.

Grandma and her girl, Brylee.

Dallin giving Dad a ride.

Grandpa and Brylee snuggling.

Love the hair!

Dallin loving the dirt. (They refused to be bathed the whole camping trip)

So dirty and she is still so cute.

Halle, she liked the dirt too.

Grandpa and Tate

The hammock was a big hit, until it broke...

Brylee on the quad... again.

Brylee LOVED the quads. We couldn't keep her off of them!

Carter Family tradition- we always have a teeter-totter (or tater-tot, as my kids say) when camping. (We also had a swing and a homemade shower! Thanks Grandpa!!)