Camping Out in the Back Yard

On Saturday, November 17th, John set up the tent in our back yard since Emily had been begging to go camping again. At nap time, Emily and John took a nap out there. After nap time we took a ride over to Gran's to visit. When we arrived Jeff, Stef, and Walker were there. Jeff said it was ok for Walker to come camp out, so he went home to get his stuff together while we visited with Gran a little while. After our visit, we picked Walker up, ran by Little Cesar's for some pizza, and then headed home. When we arrived, the kids went over to jump on Ian's trampoline for a little bit, until Ian, Walker, and Emily headed back to our house to play. They all had the best time!!! After playing a little while, they all had some pizza and then were back to playing outside on the swing set, running around, sliding, playing in the fort, and playing in the tent. While they were in the tent, John was going to let the kids have some of the Halloween candy that was hanging around so he unzipped the tent, put the pumpkin with candy in, and zipped in back up. The kids thought it was great!! Around 8:00 Ian and Carmen had to head home. By then, I got Walker and Emily in their jammies, while John went and put his on. The kids played inside a few minutes, got a snack, and then the three of them were ready to go to the tent. I went out to get them settled. Walker and Emily had a pop up tunnel of Emily's out there and crawled in and out of that for a while. Then I headed back in the house once I knew they were nice and warm and had what they needed. While they were in the tent, they told stories. Walker told scary stories and Emily told princess stories.