City of Rocks, G.G., Grandma Camp Overnight!

On Friday Nico and I finished packing and preparing everything for his and Guy's trip to City of Rocks. He diligently put all the camping silverware back in their sleeves after I washed them.

In the afternoon, Evelyn and Nico helped me bag up and label some ribbon on its way to Amazon.

Then they traded Pokemon cards.

Guy left work early and met us at Jonny and Alanna's house. I was still dog/house sitting there at the time. We finished packing up Guy's car for the trip.

They arrived late that night, set up camp, and went to sleep. Then Saturday they went for a long hike!

Nico spent most of his time with a boy named Max, he is one year younger than Nico in Cub Scouts. Guy said they were being silly together the whole time, but not crazy silly. They told riddles and made up puzzles and were being very punny the whole time they hiked. Sounds like a good friend!

Guy said to Nico, "Go climb up on that rock so we can scare Mommy!"

Relaxing in the "Clubhouse" they called it.

They went to the Hot Springs nearby on Saturday afternoon. I had packed trail mix with chocolate in it, which melted. Nico ate it anyway, of course!

The camp coordinators provided all the food except dinner on Friday. They knew Nico was gluten free and so they made him gluten free pancakes on Sunday morning!! On Saturday morning it was bacon and eggs and oatmeal with coconut milk and bananas. They had chicken, and other good foods too.

Sunday they packed up camp and came home. Here are their road trip snacks!

Sunday we made pizza over at Jonny and Alanna's house. I chose the movie - Meet the Robinsons. It is so good! It is one that Jonny & Alanna own. Afterward, Guy went home for the night and Nico stayed over at the house with me. He chose a few games for us to play.

I was not thrilled about Wet Head, but I had told Nico: "Pick out any game and I will play it!" You wear a helmet with a tiny bucket of water on your head, you spin a dial and pull out that many pins from the bucket. If it's the wrong one, you get wet!

I lost!

Allicia and I have been trying to hang out on Monday mornings. Evelyn and Nico did more Pokemon trading, and some legos.

Avery came running inside while we were talking and told us he had found a black widow spider outside our door. Allicia grabbed the Bug-A-Salt gun to kill it. We found one black widow and a super ton of egg sacs.

Monday afternoon Nico and I went to visit GG. We played Upwards (a Scrabble variation).

Monday night, Guy met Nico and I at the house for dinner. We played Cranium and then Guy headed back to the Clubhouse for the night and Nico stayed with me.

The next morning I took him bright and early for Grandma Camp! This week was the overnight Grandma Camp that lasted from Tuesday until Thursday. They stayed at a hotel and swam a whole ton in the pool.

They also went bowling.

And then today they went to Roaring Springs water park. Nico said his favorite part was the Avalanche ride. Grandma Salisbury rented a cabana, so they had a nice base camp.

Papa dropped Nico off to us tonight at church band practice after they were done at Roaring Springs. Thanks Pa!

And when we got home, Nico fell right to sleep as soon as his head hit the pillow. He was wiped!

Another week of summer is in the books!

Reunion, Bowling, and Camping in the Backyard!

Last Friday was my 20 year High School reunion. I took Nico over to Papa and Grandma's house so he could stay the night, and Guy and I headed over to the reunion. It was great to see a few close High School buddies.

Saturday morning, Guy picked Nico up from the Grandparents' house because I was participating in Allicia's sister's baby shower back at the house, in fact, I was doing henna there! It was a fun morning. I hadn't done henna in a very long while, but I practiced the week before and I think I remembered all the important stuff :)

I was able to hand out a few packages of henna powder to two different girls who were interested in trying henna. I have a bunch of the stuff in my freezer, you see! I certainly will not get around to using it all!

Anyway, Guy and Nico headed to Guy's work picnic. Nico made a friend and him and his friend fished in the lake and jumped in the bouncy house all morning. They returned around 2PM. Pizza that night, of course, and my turn to choose the movie, and animated movie called Mary and the Witch's Flower. Very cute. The last part of the movie the girl yells joyfully, "WE DON'T NEED MAGIC!" and I guess that was the moral of the story :)

Sunday after church we invited Avery over. He heard about last Thursday, about how Evelyn came over and got to watch shows with Nico. So we invited him over for an hour or so, and him and Nico watched videos of people playing video games. Mario, and Geometry Dash. It was a mutually beneficial arrangement!

Sunday evening we ate dinner outside. Then Guy and Nico hung out there for a little while reading Amphigory Also by Edward Gorey.

Monday after dinner we did a very special super secret craft. I'll tell you more about it next week! ;)

The next day, Guy texted me and said we needed to do family crafts more often. It really was a lot of fun. I agree.

Wednesday we were invited to go bowling with Allicia and kids, with Jeff's mom at the BSU SUB building. Since she is an employee there, we got to bowl free! This was the first time Nico ever bowled. He did really well.

That night, Nico and Evelyn camped out in the backyard inside a tent. Nico was up past 11pm! They spent the evening reading books and playing games in there. He kept running inside for more books. He let Evelyn read the first Captain Underpants book, which she finished, and Nico finished the rest of his Squish books.

That's about it for this week! Check out Nico's bowling moves in the video below!