Bing's Landing 2008

Over Memorial Day weekend we went camping with four other families from church. We all have kids around the same age. The youngest was Brooklyn and the oldest was Avlynn (2nd grade). There were 11 kids total. It was a lot of fun! We camped at a place called Bing's Landing. We were all nestled in our own little spot but close to everyone. We all congregated at Matt & Ambers campsite for food and fun.
Burr, Matt and Contessa had gone out a day early and set up tents so we would have a spot for sure. Well the wind blew like crazy that night so when we got to our site- our brand new tent had blown over and was all busted up. After a temper tantrum by my husband- we decided to go home and get our little tent. We ended up taking the broken tent back to the store and getting a different one. Once we finally got back to our site and got our tent up, Amber had some delicious Chili and cornbread waiting for us. Travis and Heather came a bit later and got their stuff all situated. Finally we could all relax and hang by the fire.
The kids were all in heaven- they loved being able to walk around and explore the woods. And of course they were all in awe of the fire. Brooklyn was satisfied with a shovel, bucket or dump truck and some dirt.
We all FROZE our butts off that night (except William and Contessa- cheaters). The next morning we had a really tasty breakfast- eggs and pancakes- complements of the Wolverton's. Each family was in charge of a meal- that was nice! Although I was looking forward to Travis' dessert- sorry Trav!! Burr and Jaime brought some delicious hot dogs, sausages and watermelon- yummo
It rained most of the day- I don't know why they do weather forecasts- are they ever right? Let's just say it wasn't supposed to be such a crummy day. The rain didn't stop the kids from having fun though. They didn't even slow down one bit! The guys put up a tarp to prevent all of our hangout area from getting soaked- so it was bearable.
Around 3:00 everyone kinda decided that another night was probably not going to happen. BUMMER!! I had made everyone tinfoil(hobo) dinners for that night- I was not going to take 20 of them home- so I sent everyone home with them. We all packed up and headed home.
Even with the weather and all OUR issues, we had a BLAST! We are so glad that everyone was able to come. We definately should do it again this year and make it an annual thing. Thanks for all the fun!!