Usery Mountain

 Friday afternoon, Jeremy and I took the kiddos camping at Usery Mountain Park for a Cub Scout Family campout.  You should have seen my car all packed up for a 12 hour campout.  It was so packed that my boys were sitting on sleeping bags, cots, propane tanks, etc on the drive over.  Luckily Usery Mountain is only about a 10 minute drive from our house so they were just fine.  When we arrived, Jeremy and Brody quickly set up the tent.  We then ate Bashas fried chicken for dinner and roasted marshmallows with the other boys. At 7:30, we headed over to another part of the park grounds and went on a night hike with a forest ranger who works there.  We all had flashlights and even some black lights as we did the 1 mile walk around the mountain. We learned about the different animals and habitats that live in the desert while avoiding scorpions. The weather was perfect and the view was amazing.  After the night walk, we headed back to camp and played some cards in the tent before heading off the bed.  Saturday morning we were up bright and early for a 6:30 breakfast and hike.  Our family opted out of the hike so we could get packed up and home in time for flag football games.  I am so grateful for the Cub Scout program and the opportunity it gives boys to learn and grow.  Brody is lucky to be able to do such fun things with nice boys.

Jeremy and I had to laugh that our 8 man tent is too small for the 6 of us.  We need one more room in the tent!

Roasting Smores around the campfire was fun for everyone!

Lucky for us, the campout was a 3 ward combined campout.  My boys were thrilled that Jackson and Jefferson were there.

The night walk was fun and informative.  There were so many people there that we missed out on many of the fact about the desert animals.  The boys were just excited to  play with their flashlights in the pitch dark.

The night walk was a 1 mile walk around the mountain.  This proved to be difficult for Miss B. who needed to be carried through much of it.

 Playing Uno in the tent before bed.

 Watching a movie before bed. This picture makes me happy!

 Flag ceremony at 6:30 am.

 Pancakes and bacon for breakfast.

 While the rest of the families went on the hike, we started taking down camp.  Case and Jefferson had fun playing football together while waiting for us to finish packing the car.

 Jackson and Brody played Uno.

 Berkley made a huge mess in the dirty rocks.  Who needed a trip to Huntington when we had Usery Mountain 5 minutes from our house?

 One last game of Uno before we headed back home.

After arriving home, we unpacked the car, ate some lunch, and headed to football games.  Case has decided that he wants to wear PINK socks this month like the NFL players to support breast cancer.

Brody is still struggling with his team and the game in general.  Jeremy and I kinda think this may be his last season of flag football.

Ledger is the best "faker" on his team.  He fakes having the ball EVERY play and runs till his coaches yell for him to come back.  This kid is like Forrest Gump..."run Ledger run!!"

After the football games, we went down to the retention basin for the neighborhood black party.  This is always a fun event for us.  We took the popcorn machine and popped popcorn for the kids.  By time we got into bed, we were all EXHAUSTED!  It was a great Saturday but a busy one!
Did you do anything fun last weekend?