Camping in Fernie with the Davis'

For the August long weekend, we went to Fernie and camped with the Davis'. And yes, for any of those who have known me since I was a kid, we are camping in my brothers yard. We were unable to get a campsite, and as you can see from the pictures, my brothers yard is really nice! I think it worked out just fine. Unfortunately for the Davis' their trailer was giving them some grief, so off to Canadian Tire we went for a tent.

Macy is such a darling little mother! Everytime she is with Nola she is takin care of her. We hiked Sherwoody and Macy held Nola's hand nearly the whole time. So sweet!

After the hike, we went back to camp, had lunch, and then packed up to go out to Tie Lake for a swim. As soon as we got in the car, Nola passed out. She was bagged!

What's a trip to the beach without forgeting your child is only 2 and shouldn't be by the water by herself? Ugh. Poor little Nola went down to the beach and walked right into the lake. Of course, it freaked her out, so she spent all her time playing in the sand on the beach.

After coming back from Tie, we didn't really think through our dinner plan. We were making TFD's, so we needed to get the fire going and prep them. The difficult thing? We were all starving! The kids sat at there little table for like an hour, asking is dinner was ready. It did take some time, but boy were they good!

Doug and his pie iron. That thing is his pride and joy.

This picture is so darling. Robbie was getting pretty tired so he started to fuss. Macy went over by him and sang to him. He calmed right down. It was so unbelievably sweet!

Here is a picture of our tent set up. It actually works pretty slick! Thanks Megan and Matt for your hand-me-down. It's awesome!

We also hiked the Old Growth Trail up by Island Lake. It was so beautiful! The last time I hiked that I was probably 9 years old! All the kids were so awesome! Nola walked pretty much the whole way (4km), Jack, Jordyn and Macy did great and Robbie slept in the Ergo. It was probably my favorite part of our trip :)

The whole weekend, we kept promising Nola we would get her an ice cream, but everytime we were able to go was right before a meal and we didn't want to ruin her appetite. Finally, we just bit the bullet and went for ice cream before lunch. I wanted to go to the Stop N Shop, but it has closed down. I'm not going to lie, I was really saddened by this. Fernie feels less and less like home each time we go to visit. Anywho, we went and got some really expensive ice cream, because thats all Fernie has to offer. It was tasty and the kids were happy to have a treat.

While the guys packed up our 'campsite', Mandy and I took the kids down to the river for a swim. IT was too bad we both forgot our cameras, because it was awesome!! Of course, the river is cold, but we swam anyways. After some convincing, Jack came in too and then Macy! Nola and Jordyn played in the mud on the shore and Robbie hung out in his stroller. IT was awesome. Maybe the river was my favourite part....I don't know! It was all great!

We love the Davis' and it was so great to spend time together. We have said our next trip will be adult's only and we are going to go cliff jumping. Yahoo!!