Weekend with Nature

This lovely Memorial day weekend was mostly spent in good old mother nature. On Friday after work I drove to the campground. As I drove into the campground I was greeted by these 2 lovely creatures.

I thought I'd stop and take a couple of pics of the deer. Then I found the camping spot and sat with my mom and cousin and his fiancee and talked while we waited for the rest of the family to get to the campground. We ate some nice nacho pie and then chatted around the fire for a while before going to bed. I also started to 2nd Hunger Games book when I went to bed for the night.

On Saturday we ate our usual breakfast and then showered. My mom, grandma, and I decided to go on an adventure to the Amish country around the campground. It took a little longer than expected to get there because we missed the highway we were supposed to turn on and instead went the longer way. We ended up finding a lot of neat shops and my grandma found a chair that she really liked so she bought it to put on her back deck.

During our ride back we drove through a town where a man was sitting in a lawn chair out front of his house with a chicken in his lap and he was petting it. We weren't really sure what to do about this. I just laughed and my mom told me I should have taken a picture of him. That just went to show that we were in fact in Southern Iowa. When we got back the Miller's were at the campground. I played with Kaeylen and Lorissa and we went on a walk to the pond, drew beautiful pictures with chalk, and just hung around. While playing with chalk I was told by a boy riding his bike that I should watch my kids better because they were in the way while he was riding his bike. I was glad that I look like I can have a 6 year old. Carina and Isaac also decided to show up after they were done working. We ate some chicken enchiladas and had s'mores. Then went to bed.

On Sunday we pretty much hung out in the campground all day. We took a walk around the campground, which was nice. We did take a little break to go to the new pirates movie. It was ok-not my favorite, but alright. After eating 2 large buckets of popcorn between the 4 of us and 2 large drinks we went back to campground and the grandparents had supper ready for us. We ate lasagna and most of the guys plus Carina and mom went to a trap shoot thing. I stayed behind and finished the hunger games book and started on the 3rd one. Then we made homemade ice cream and ate my aunts margarita bars. They were both very good. I went to the camper and was later joined by Isaac and Carina who were both very wound up. We sat around laughing and being strange for awhile before going to bed.

This morning I woke up and ate breakfast. Then I helped clean up a couple of things around the camper before heading back to dsm. When I got home Nikki was at the house and we decided to go to Grey's Lake to enjoy the day. We walked/ran around the lake, then layed out on a blanket before going back to the house. It was really nice outside so we decided to go for a walk and use my free frozen strawberry lemonade coupon.

 They were so good on the very warm day. Then we sat out on the back porch.

and I read some more of the 3rd hunger games book.

It got a little warm out on the back porch so we decided to go in. Nikki then came back from her weekend at home. We each made dinner and chatted for a bit. Erin, Jessica, and Ashley came over and we all watched the Bachelorette and then Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition. It was good to watch these shows together and chat about them. I'm still not sure who exactly I like on the Bachelorette. I think I like William-except he was kind of being a jerk at the end. I do know that I really don't like Bentley. Everyone left now I'm blogging and finishing my night by eating a Margarita bar and watching How I Met Your Mother.