Memorial Day weekend

 - by Brittany

We decided to go camping and boating for the weekend. For Christmas each year, we get camping gear and have not used it yet. We figured, what a better time. Kevin had some obligations Thursday and Friday night, so Jameson and I headed over Thursday. Friday morning we got up and went shopping for the food, then a few of us headed down early to set up camp. Let me tell you, it was hot! We got to the lake, and got the camp all set up. We explored the camp grounds, and then hung out till the rest of the family got there. Everyone showed up about the same time, just after I put Jameson to bed for the night. (I took his pac n play and put it in our tent with us.) The first night we just hung out around the camp fire, only after the sun went down and it cooled off. Saturday morning we got up and had pancakes and bacon. Food tastes so much better when you’re camping. Jameson had a rough night so everyone else kept an eye on him so I could get a little bit more sleep. Here he is hanging out while Matt and Don made breakfast.

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We got everything cleaned up and headed out on the boat. We explored the lake for the morning while we waited for everyone else to show up. The water went back into the campsites, you just had to hike the mountain to get to them. So we figured everyone should be showing up and we took the boat into the campsite area. I had to hike the mountain, and coincidentally walked right up to Kevin and his sister as they were arriving. Perfect timing. We got everyone on the boat and headed back out.

I’m happy to say I got up 3 out of 4 times on the wakeboard, and never crashed hard. Not sure about my face, other than it was kinda cold to get in. The water felt nice once I was in. (It was about 78 degrees, not too bad.)

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Jameson hated the boat. I think it was more he hadn’t slept. He would take his blanket and cover his head. If you tried to take the blanket off, he would pull it back over himself. It was kinda funny. He was in a better mood once he had taken a nap.

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Bobbing for… bodies?

(Kevin, Josh, Madison, Matt, and AJ) (Shelby and Steph on jetski)

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Snack time (Rachel and Tracy)

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Taking some time to enjoy the view (Josh, AJ, Don)

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Tube time!

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First was Josh and Kevin, then it was Matt and AJ’s turn.

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And we can’t forget our flag girl!

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When we got back to camp, it was dinner time. Don made some good carne asada, and we did some corn on the cob on the grill. Mmmm. Here is our camp, and just hanging out.

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(Jameson kept stealing ice cubes from the coolers.)

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Jameson found some one to follow him and give him everything he wanted. 🙂

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After dinner most everyone left to go home. Matt and Rachel and us stayed for one more night. It happened to be cooler that night, making it nice. Jameson went right to sleep, and slept the entire night. We also drapped a dark blanket over his pac n play to keep it darker longer for him. That night we played a little game of pictionary and dug into a chocolate cake. I’m proud to say the girls came from behind and beat the boys! Then we just hung around the campfire, and the wind was perfect that night. It blew the smoke right between us, but wasn’t too strong of a breeze. The next morning we had breakfast burritos and then packed up camp. We took the boat out that morning and explored the lake. It was nice to just chill on the lake. Jameson, again, didn’t like the boat, but fell asleep. We layed out and played in the water while J-mo took a nap.

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After J-mo woke up we headed back in. He was actually content, and kept his head out of the blanket to see. It also helped that the buoys all looked like balls in the water.

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We made it back to Sac and showered before heading home. We had to take the 50 home since I-80 was supposed to be closed from 6-6. Great planning on Caltrans part. You would think they would realize it’s a holiday weekend and lots of people travel. We made it home by 10:30 and put J-mo to bed. Luckily, he slept in till almost 10 the next morning so we got to sleep in too. It was a fun weekend, and I’m still doing laundry, but we’re ready to do it again.

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