Journey to adulthood

Beginning at age six Kevin presents a gift to the kids as they journey to adulthood. Abbie got her first bible with her name engraved, Hunter got a hatchet with his initials engraved and Noah received a compass. The kids look forward to getting this each year.

Boys Camping Weekend - East Lake (Newberry Crater)

Kelly and Abbie went down to California this weekend for Erin's baby shower.  Thursday was also the last day of school,  so I took Friday off and we did a boys camping trip to East Lake in Newberry Crater.  We stayed at Cinder Hill Campground on the east side of East Lake.  The weather was beautiful and warm during the day (around 70) for this time of year.  Evenings were still cold for sleeping though so staying warm in the sleeping bag was important!

Here is some shots our campsite after setup, the beach as well as cooking hot dogs over the fire for dinner.


Friday evening after dinner we did a canoe ride over to east lake lodge for some ice cream and then back to warm by the fire.


Saturday we tried fishing but no luck.  PJ was not super patient so we didn't get a lot of time to try (note - the picture of him lying in the boat throwing a slight tantrum).  Also on Saturday we did a short hike,  daddy cooked a turkey zucchini bake in the Dutch oven for dinner, and camping would not be complete without s'mores for desert at least one night.   Last of all - the boys received their 'journey to manhood' gifts which I present annually to them starting at age 6.  Noah received a pocket knife this year (turning 8) and Hunter received an antique spyglass (turned 10)


Sunday morning we packed up, and on the way out we stopped in for a short walk to see Paulina Falls before heading home.  One of the may cool things to see at Newberry Crater.