Iron Creek

We went to Iron Creek this weekend with Brandon, Lyndee, and their girls. They have a nice camper, and we were planning on "tenting" it for the weekend. They also have a couple of 4-wheelers which we took along as well.

The kids wasted no time when we got there...Avery and Aiden loved playing in the sand...

While Tyson and Grace got their poles out and took to the lake...

Check out that form...he unfortunately didn't get any bites, but none of us did for that matter. The fish were just being picky, I guess.

Gotta have Smores. It got pretty darn cold on Friday night. Aiden decided before we even went to bed that he had a spot in their camper...and being the watchful mother I am- I slept in the camper with him:) Scott and Tyson decided to tough it and sleep in the tent. Scott said after about 2:30am he got absolutely no sleep! Tyson did OK (because Scott basically made sure he had all the covers on him to stay warm). Anyway, by the time Saturday night rolled around we all had a comfy (and most importantly-warm) sleeping spot in Brandon and Lyndee's camper. Thank God for awesome friends!!

The boys love riding on the 4-wheelers, so after a quick early morning (unsuccessful) fishing outing and some breakfast they were on there way to tour the hills. Lyndee and I stayed back at camp to make sure the beautiful sunshine was not wasted on empty lawn chairs:)

Check out Aiden's sweet pink helmet. Again, Brandon and Lyndee came through and let us borrow one of the girls' bike helmets to wear since he doesn't have one. He didn't care, and I know it helped Mom relax a little knowing he had it on while riding around the hills.

It was nice and warm when the sun was out, and even though the water felt freezing to me-Aiden had a blast hauling water back and forth to the little trails they had made in the sand.

These two had a blast together. They are the best of playmates!

Tyson found the water to be a bit too cool, so after only a few minutes decided to just watch the little kids from the sidelines.

Great teamwork!

Saturday afternoon the "big boys" went 4-wheeling and took Tyson and Grace, while Aiden and Avery took a much needed nap in the camper. Again...Lyndee and I kept the lawn chairs company:) Sooo relaxing!!

They were gone for over 4 hours and toured quite a bit of countryside. Both Tyson and Scott looked like whipped pups when they got back, but Tyson couldn't stop talking about all of the exciting "stuff" they saw! The pictures pretty much sum it up...

As soon as they got back and parked the 4-wheelers Aiden hopped aboard. He didn't even care that he wasn't going anywhere. I swear he would have sat on the thing all day if we would have let him:)

Doesn't he look happy?!

Tyson after a few powdered-sugar donuts.

Couldn't resist myself...the smoke was Scott's friend..would.not.leave.him.alone.

Wouldn't ya know....Aiden's still hangin out on the 4-wheeler...with his pink helmet!

We sat around the campfire Saturday night and sang songs. The kids had a ton of fun taking turns picking which songs we were going to sing. It was a great ending to a wonderful weekend!

After our very comfortable night's sleep in the camper the dad's took the kids on one last 4-wheeler ride while Lyndee and I packed up camp. Tyson was sad to have to go home...we all had soooo much fun! Thanks again Brandon and Lyndee for being such awesome friends and inviting us for the weekend!