The big camp: day seven

Tuesday sucked. Really bad.

So we went and did laundry.

After a while, I hid in the tent and cried. Lizzie found me.

And then she knocked water off the roof.

It rained and rained and rained and rained. So we all just hid

The rain finally stopped so we decided to golf.

This is the euphoria we felt when we realized we could leave the tent.

We got down to the store to pay for our golf and they made us wait :(

The course was fun.

And really pretty.

We finished and I built an epic jenga fire.

Then we played chubby bunny. He won.

And then Andrew and I texted back and forth and decided that since Wednesday was going to be sunny, me and the kids would spend one more day camping and then we were gonna pull the plug.

The big camp: day six

My kids are so beautiful when they sleep. I'm obsessed with taking pictures of them and I keep them all on my phone.

Alas, the day was a bit grungy. So we planned inside activities. We started with shopping at Chilliwack Mall. Lizzie needed a new swimsuit. That accomplished, we went across to Cottonwood Mall for pizza  and lotion. Camping does a number on your skin, yo!

After that we headed to Chillibowl lanes. I used to love Chillibowl lanes. Holy hannah. The bowling was fun, but the woman behind the counter was a dragon. Rude just for fun? Then laughing about it with other patrons? Thank goodness we don't live in Chilliwack and I never have to go there again.

On the other hand, the old school equipment was kind of pretty.

It was $30 for 6 people, so I decided I would read. But I ended up taking a lot of selfies instead.

Look, even the bowling balls are beautiful.

And the oldskool pinball machines?

After bowling we decided to drive through Rosedale.

Of course that meant a quick stop for ice cream.

Then we hatched a mad plan to drive to Harrison Lake.

We climbed a mountain...well we climbed a little bit. Most of us had flip flops on, so we didn't go that far.

Then we stopped in the lake village, because some of us desperately needed a Muddy Waters coffee. The kids meanwhile wanted to play chess.

A quick picture by the sasquatch.

Another quick stop to look at the wood carvings.

The boys cut wood, and Lizzie started the fire.

I had to take a picture of this (David made me) because the potato looked like it had a warrior head.

Despite the weather, this was a pretty good day.

The big camp: day five

Andrew's last day camping with us. It started off with the boys hanging in the trailer.

But it was also toonie sundae day. So you know, silver linings and all that.

And then the sun really did come out so we headed to the pool.

I could enjoy this view every single day. As long as there's a bit of blue sky.

Elisabeth was already missing her dada.

The kids consoled themselves with a few rounds of Apples to Apples.

ahhhhhhhhhhh