The first Annual Clyde and Ann Mason Reunion

So this last Christmas my family decided that we needed to do a campout every year, like we did when we were younger. And since we're all getting our own families and busy with life, we thought it'd be a good idea to get together with just us kids (and the ma and pa) of course. This year was Krista's year to plan and we went up to Black Hawk Campground above Payson Lakes. It really was so fun...it seemed too quick but I think excluding the endless scraped knees and Alexa's finger that got sliced in the camper door everyone had a good time.

We all tried to have a couple of activities for the kids. I found these cute aprons at the dollar store that we let them color and then wear for breakfast.

It was SO hot that even breakfast we had to find shade for the kids...but I think this worked well.

Thanks to Cordelle's brother Cameron, we were able to borrow this raft and had so much fun rowing around the lake. But Jaq kept trying to bail out of the boat so it did last long with her. Oddly, enough though she loved the life jacket we made her wear and wouldn't let us take it off her, even when she would sit down and the front of it went half way up her face.
But isnt it so pretty here?

My sister's and I with our babies...okay so none of them are really babies right now...but still

"Jaq and I"....and no comments about the Mega farmers tan....I dont do a lot of swimming. :)

Cordelle and Seth lounging by the shore.

Seth kicked around in this thing for a good 30 minutes....I guess some baby toys aren't just for babies.

Anytime we're at Payson Lakes we spend a great deal of time feeding the ducks...and these guys were hungry little fellas.

Neal spent a great deal of the time just entertaining us. He really is pretty funny. So here he is diving from the not so sturdy raft....

...and here he is with the rafts stacked on top of each other jumping into them from the shore.....Scott and Tallie did not have the same accuracy for this jump.

I was so glad Brett and Tiffany came up one evening. She is so cute! I love her! Lets make things work out eh Brett?

Cordelle was so excited to take Seth fishing and Seth just reveled in it. He just thought it was the most exciting thing to do with his dad. They didn't catch any fish, but Seth did fall in the lake once so it wasn't completely uneventful.

And lastly, my sister Krista made this fabulous treasure hunt for the kids. She made this map out of a sheet and stapled it to a tree. And the kids had to find clues all around to get to the treasure, but with each clue was a costume piece. The first one was their ripped/tied pirate shirts and rope belts....

....then came their pirate gold and necklaces....

....then they got foam core swords and daggers with some glittery stickers to decorate them....

...and then lastly they found their big treasure which was a cooler full of water balloons....

...which they surprised the rest of our camp with a full blown attack! It was so fun! Krista is a genious. Seriously having activities makes camping with kids so much easier. And this one was fantastic!

My camping pirates!
Thanks family for a great trip!