nielson family campout

2.5 more days!!! if i've made it this long, i can make it until thursday, right?! i sure hope so. although i wouldn't mind if he would just come right now. 

i officially survived camping for 3 days in 90 degree heat, 6 days before having a baby. i'm glad we went though, nielson family campouts are just a riot! good clean fun and laughter...it was a great time. uncomfortable as all get-out? yes. but definitely good memories. like mom nielson teaching the girls how to use the 'walkie-talkie lingo' and telling them that you're supposed to say 'ralph that'. ummmm...mom? it's supposed to be 'roger that'. we all got a good kick out of that. anyways, it's late and i'm tired. but i'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking. hopefully the next time i post it will be pics of our new little boy!

this is the hanging hammock/bed that nate made out of rope, logs, and leaves. he really slept in it the 2nd night. crazy? probably. i was on the raised queen air mattress with warm blankets.

 nate and zach made this sweet swing for the kiddos at the campground. they had a lot of fun on it, and we only had one casualty when emma fell off. (let's be honest, she fell about 800 times during the 3 days we were there)

 they had a team challenge where they paired up to see who could make a fire with anything you could find on the mountain, and 2 matches. they had to bring a half can of water to a boil. it was fun to watch them all scramble, but i don't think anyone did it with 2 matches. they ended up having to use more after a while.

 my friend gave me this cute/easy idea of homemade tie-dye shirts, so the girlies had fun designing and making their own t-shirts

josh, gramma, abs and jaydee. the girls couldn't get enough of jaydee, they're still quoting the funny things she said.

one of the fun hammocks. and yes this is one of emma's new funny smiles for the camera. awesome.

 hangin out in the tent watching a movie. ROUGHING it for sure.  

 one of the white trash activities. the men had fun going down this cement 'slide', so to get more speed they used a laundry basket. classy, i know.

 shirt making

playing at the camp playground

 i'm sure i've mentioned before how obsessed caitlin is with babies. she LOVES them. she had so much fun with kaycie.

mom nielson has a lot more pics on her camera that i need to get. but for now this will have to do. so that's all folks....stay tuned for a new bundle here in a couple days!!!