When the family arrived it was Erica's 18th birthday and we threw her a birthday party at our house. She had over some of her cousins and friends from EFY and they played the Wii, badminton, and did some fireworks.
I also had a chance to go with my mom to yard sales on a Friday morning and had great fun and success. I found a popcorn popper, fruit basket, cheese grater, cutter board, and alot of other great items.
We also had my younger sisters over for a sleepover. We made homemade pizzas, went on a hike up the rock canyon trail, and watched Gnomeo and Juliet which my sisters loved!
The following week we went up to Montana and Idaho to go to Yellowstone and a family reunion. We saw several bison, a moose, and a lot of other animals on our journey through yellowstone. We had a bison that stopped in the middle of the road and a park ranger had to come to get the cars and bison moving. So we have a new tent and sleeping bag that we got from Lucas' parents for our wedding gift and we were so excited to use them for the first time! We had also purchased a air mattress from DI that we were planning on blowing up and using. We were blowing the mattress up with a hand pump at about 11 PM our first night in camp. After all of the work and exhaustion we were finally ready to sleep and the last thing I said to Lucas was " I really hope I don't end up on the floor in the morning." Well needless to say around three in the morning I could feel the ground and we definitely not a happy camper. But despite this minor set-back, our camping experience was still a positive one. We also had a great time hanging out with the whole family and the best part was the finally event which was a relay race against all of the different families.
