Saturday, March 20, 2010

SPRING BREAK 2010 "I AM A GOAT...!"

This year we decided to jump in the happy camper and hit a few hot spots under the texas sun.

Agenda:

Day one:
arrive at the beautiful Athens lake rv camp at noon. (we arrived at 4 and found our selves alone in an abandoned rv park...) The evenings events included games, pics by mom (duh.) hiking, and hot dogs.







Day two:
Texas State Fishery- What can we say.... jack loved it, nate loved that he caught two, charlie was happy cause she ate a whole bag of skittles, and well, matty was happy when mom caught the tree! Papa Guy came out and helped Dave corral the new fishers... thank goodness cause we were catching a little more than just fish... as you can see (jack and mom seemed to catch trees more than fish).





sometimes you just need your big brothers help to find it...




all boy.


in case you didn't notice (which you probably have), Jack's bobbers spent more time in the trees than they did the lake.




Day three:
we hopped in the happy camper and drove a few hours west to Dinosaur valley state park! We absolutely LOVED this spot. It was perfect for a family of boys. It was loaded with rocks, dirt, water, trees, bugs... pure happiness if you're 5 and under. And maybe if you're a grown man named david... We headed down to the river to find fossils and look at the dinosaur foot prints in the river bed.



you can't expect a 5 yr old to know the difference between a shell and a pistachio




we decided to call this picture "the offering"






David's first love - meat. dave also cooked up some of Uncle Rob's dutch oven goodness, Dutch goodness that legends speak of. I think we missed the key ingredient "rob". No really, it turned out ok for a first time. We will have it down in a few more trips.






Day four:
Fossil Rim Park... or should i say, "feed the wild animals at your own risk park...!" Which really was SOOOOOOO much fun! It's basically the best kind of zoo ever. You sit the whole time, snack on chocolate covered peanuts, there's air conditioning, if you want music that's definitely an option... you're in your car the whole time and just drive on thru. So the punch line of our spring break... "I AM A GOAT..." comes from our sweet matthew. We pulled up along side a few baby deer that were white and matthew rushed to that window to feed them, trying to bring the deer closer to the car, we heard him speak ever so softly to the deer, "I AM A GOAT..." Lol, we were laughing so hard. So then we politely told him they weren't goats, so he said, "oh, i am a sheep." :) Gotta love the kiddos.







this is where the "feed at your own risk part comes into play... NASTY! SNOT, Slobber!, and stink! all over my hand...




and this is one of our favorite parts of the trip. Don't be fooled here, charlie wasn't scared of the animals, but rather annoyed with our nasty little friend. She's a girl and she needs her personal space.

5 comments:

Danielle said...

We LOVE Fossil Rim, it's our favorite mini vacation spot. We always freak out when the ostriches come near our car. Looks like you guys are quite the campers..how fun!

Michaelson Family said...

The pistacio (sp?) picture made me laugh. Your family is adorable. Looks like you guys had a great trip!

Suz said...

Looks like tons of fun! I love the pic of the 4 boys on the posts.

Jerry & Tanya said...

What an incredible memory!!! Awesome job mom and dad! It is a crazy lot of work putting family trips together, but soooooooooooo worth it. Truly some of my best memories, both as a child, and a parent. We can't wait to go on a camping trip with all you guys when we get home, so rest up. Thanks for the pictures! Love you guys!!!

Amy Jo said...

I want to go next time! So fun! I miss you guys and am glad you had fun camping. We are a dying breed in the Elmer Clan...Real campers. Even though I do sleep on a 2 ft air mattress. You can't beat the outdoors: dirt, smores, animals, fire, cooking out and lots of fun. Maybe sometime we can meet in the middle and go together! Love ya!