Roughing It

This coming weekend we have decided to take the kids camping. Now before I go any further, let me just say that Matt and I are much more Hampton Inn/Hilton type of people than camping people. While I enjoy it every once in a while, for short periods of time, I would much rather be cooking in my own kitchen or sleeping in a bed somewhere. I hate waking up feeling like I need to hire one of those Chicago personal injury lawyers.

So why are we going camping? Well because we are nuts are good parents of course. The kids like to camp and have been bugging us so we decided to get out the tents, pack their bikes and tow the boat to Kerr Lake and camp for the weekend. Well maybe just Saturday. We'll see how daring we decide to be.

We used to go camping a couple times a summer with our good friend Paul, and later on with his fiance Jess. And it was fun. Matt went last fall for a day with two neighborhood guys and all the younger boys, but I haven't been in NC. I would rather camp on the beach, but the intercoastal can be pretty expensive to take the boat and at $4.00 a gallon it isn't worth it right now.

So I would love some easy camping recipes/food ideas. We will have a fire pit so I was thinking of foil pockets and taking our pudgy pie maker and doing pizzas and grilled cheese. Of course there is always hot dogs too. Us Jacobs' are not going for the "campers of the year award" that is for sure.

I'm sure it will be fun. Kerr Lake is in both NC and Virginia so it should be pretty cool zipping across state lines in the boat. (Can you tell I am hyping myself up?)

Catching Up Through Pictures

I have finally uploaded pictures to my photo albums. Yes, finally.

I uploaded pictures from a weekend camping trip at the beginning of the month with Shannon, David, her parents. It was a blast going to Virginia and seeing the beautiful mountains in the fall. Plus Shannon has the most awesome parents. I just love hanging out with them. Maybe next time we will go to one of the Pigeon Forge cabins.

More Camping Pictures

I also uploaded pictures from my "girls only" weekend with college friends Kate, Michelle, Tracey and Jess. The beach and weather was a perfect 85 degrees and it was nice spending time with friends I only see a few times a year. I'm already counting down until the next time we get to do this.

More Girls Pictures

And of course this past weekend with my brother. We had an amazing time. The kids really enjoyed spending the extra time with Uncle Scott and it was a great time for him and I to get to know each other better. And don't worry mom, he isn't packing his bags and heading south ... yet.

Scott Visit Pictures

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