NaturalBus 2010

We arrived at NaturalBus which is in Natural Bridge , Va on Thursday evening. This is an annual Full Moon Bus Club campout that is pretty big , hot and crowded every year. It's one of the favorites to most.
I had been working on Chris's quilt since Oct of 2009. It's a reproduction of an old quilt he has had since college. I finally got to give it to him. :o)

Here are some of the girls ( really just a few). This was at the end of camping Sunday. Everyone was packing up and leaving.

This is the heart of it. Very packed and crowded. It was a maze to get to your own bus and I am not kidding. If you took a wrong turn you would end up at a dead end and had to turn around again and find your way out. By Saturday evening you pretty much had the maze memorized and could get in and out pretty good.

This is Jonah in his cot. He sleeps in a cot over the front seats...

Here is "Tent City". A lot of us put our 'pop up' tents together and make a huge area that is under them. It helps with shade , because it's about 1000 degrees there. And if it rains we all have lots of rooms to move.

Another view of "Tent City".....

Shelby had WiFi there. :o) Happy girl. But she does have friends there too that she has been hanging out with and growing up with for 7 years now.

The pool to cool off. The pool was a life saver and so fun.

Our annual Yogi Bear picture. I have gotten a picture of my children with Yogi Bear every year we've come. Aren't they cute!

Hoo Rah 2010

We camped at the Hoo Rah last weekend. It's a family campout that has been happening for over 30 years. In Buckingham County, Va. Here is Jeremy relaxing...
Shelby, (my daughter) and I playing 'chicken foot'.

I got some new twinkle lights I just had to show off. Shelby is brushing her teeth here and not happy that I am taking a picture of her. :o)

Jonah stayed in the water most of the trip.... my little shark boy.

We went canoeing and had the best time. I loved being on the water.

Here we are leaving.. we had to pass through the creek to get there and back. What fun.

We had a blast.

To Washington, DC for the day.

We went to Washington, DC for the day yesterday. I love DC this time of year. The Cherry Bossoms are in full bloom. They are just the most beautiful.

My kids played in the tress. There was a sign that said "do not climb on the rail fence". But no sign saying they couldn't climb the tress. :o)

Both of my children have always be tree climbers. My beautiful daughter and my Indiana Jonah.

We went to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Here is my husband's favorite airplane....

This one is the type that his Uncle Harvey flew in the war.....

Here is Amelia Earhart's plane. I think this is so cool.

My kiddos in the tress again. :o)

We got to spend lots of quality family time together.

Jonah in the Cherry Blossoms....

Until our next Adventure!!!

T.R.O.M. March 5, 2010

TROM stands for The Rides Of March. It's a campout in Atkinson, NC. We didn't make it there. We started off around 10 am , but 2 1/2 hours into the trip our bus broke down for the 2nd time and the engine locked up. Poor Jaws had to be flat bed towed to Jeremy's grandparents house.

So no camping in March. I am pretty bummed. Tomorrow we are going to go for a bike ride here at home and have a picnic just to get out of the house and feel like we are sort of camping. We'll be out in nature.

Jeremy has already started to pull the engine out of Jaws. He needs to get a new one in her by April. That is when Everybus is. The 2nd biggest campout. :o)

Camp Sweet Camp

I am just so ready for 'Camping Season' to start.

EveryBus 2oo9

Camping in Oct. At EveryBus , 2oo9. Greensboro , NC. Here is our campsite. We're in the blue bus.
Chris Slaymaker played our song. So we got up and danced.

Emme and Shelby have grown up together camping.

Jonah in his bed. Morning.
Shelby in her bed, still asleep.