Memorial Day weekend my guys did NOT have to work on Saturday OR Monday.

That meant we needed to have some family time and some FUN!!

I planned a camp out, and then asked David and Kayla if I could steal the boys for it!

Dreams do come true!!

It all started after church on Sunday afternoon when we started to set up, prep for dinner and breakfast around the fire, and play outside!

Pretty soon it was time to drag those kiddos out of that pool and have dinner around the fire!

It was fun cooking our sausage and hot dogs – and we had beans, chips, and watermelon too.

Of course there were smores for dessert!!

Somehow we squeezed nine bodies and two dogs in that tent, ha, ha!!

IT WAS HILARIOUS!!!

Things great memories are made of, right?

We managed to get to sleep around 10:30 p.m.

I cannot say that everyone slept all night long, but we did pretty good!!

This first photo is my early morning sky view at 4:30 a.m.

Next up was breakfast around the fire.

Filling bellies is my full time job!!!

Addie Mae made some amazing cinnamon rolls to go along with the eggs, bacon and sausage.

We forgot to put out the fruit we had prepared – ooops!!

I had made a smoothie, though, to tide over the tummies while we cooked breakfast!

The kiddos played and swam all morning long before we had a late lunch (also outside!)

After lunch I ran Clyde and River home and then we cleaned up everything to get ready for the work week ahead.

What a beautiful weekend we had weather wise!!!

We are already talking about camping out again!!

It was SO MUCH FUN!!

We laughed so much and just enjoyed ALL being together!!

It was not lost on me that day, however, why the guys were off work.

A time to reflect and remember those (and their families) who have sacrificed SO much and gone through unimaginable things just so we can live the way we do.

Just one day a year to honor them is not enough.

I hope that you all had a great weekend – the kick off to SUMMER!!!

Happy Memorial Day!!