Kyle and I Are Having. . .

A FOURTEENTH Wedding Anniversary Today. . .

Not much has changed. . .

FOUR is kinda a crazy number to us.

We've been married "FOUR"teen years.

(obvious)

We've always referred to our FOURTH anniversary as our "lucky" anniversary.

We had just moved to California. We were living with Kyle's parents.

We decided to go to Tahoe for our anniversary.

We had no money so we camped instead of paying for a hotel room.

We went into the city the first night we were there and had a "buy one get one" dinner coupon for a restaurant inside one of the casinos. Since we didn't want to drive back to the campsite in the dark we decided to eat an early dinner.

We got to the restaurant to find that it didn't open for another hour.

We had an hour to kill in a casino.

We gave each other five dollars and for the first time in my life I pulled a slot machine.

Kyle burned through his five dollars pretty quick, but I was more patient (I had no idea what I was doing. . .) I won a few here, only to lose them back, but on my last quarter I won $95 dollars! You would have thought I just hit the million dollar jackpot, but to me at that time $95 was the jackpot!

We ate dinner and then headed back to our tent. I've never pulled a slot machine since.

We have owned FOUR cars since we've been married. . .

We've moved FOUR times. . .

We've lived in this house for FOUR years. . .

All of our kids are FOUR years apart. . . .

Kyle went to FOUR years of college and then FOUR years of Law School . . .

We've been to Disneyland FOUR times since we've been married . . .

(ok now I'm reaching a little)

Our phone number has the number FOUR in it . . .

(ok now I'm totally reaching)

In all seriousness, I can't believe it's been FOURteen Years!

FOURteen Years and

FOUR kids later. . .

I wouldn't change a thing!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY KYLE!

What makes a Good Camping Trip?

We've spent a lot of time in the Great Outdoors this Summer and loved every minute of it!

So What Does Make A Really Good Camping Trip????

First you need a beautiful spot with a beautiful lake (and a kayak). . .

Then you need some good friends!

Thanks Lencioni's for putting up with us for another year. . .

and thanks to the Danielson's who stepped up and came at the last minute too!

And after that all you need is:

Water Fights. . .

And when water just doesn't cut it. . .

throw in some sand fights!

Brotherly Love?

Kayak Rides. . .

Yummy Food. . .

Naps. . .

(anywhere you can get them)

Dirty Feet. . .

No Rules. . .

(no seatbelt in this case)

Quirky, Crazy Moms!

Me in this case. . .

A little laughter. . .

Fun on the Dock. . .

Neighbors putting up tents in speedos!

And yes I do have a picture. . . and yes I thought about it posting it. . . but then refrained. It was bad enough to see it in person. I don't need to relive it here on the blog.

I don't suggest ever watching a grown man in a speedo put up a tent.

(and then maybe he put on a pair of gloves and starting cutting wood for the fire)

I can't make this stuff up I promise!

Giant Slingshots. . .

(for rocks. . . I'm not still talking about our neighbor)

Sugar Cereals. . .

Awesome Campfires. . .

Smores. . .

Ghost Stories by the Campfire. . .

And what camping trip wouldn't be complete without loading up your kids with sugar compliments of giant pixie sticks right before heading home?

Only when you're CAMPING!!!!

Hike to find "Hidden Falls"

We took a "little" hike the other day. . .

with just a "few" kids. . .

To find these "hidden" waterfalls. . .

And we ended up having the best time ever.

We started off dry, just getting our feet wet. . .

But before the day was over we were completely soaked!

Ahhh. . . . summer!