Hayden's 1st Camping Trip!

June 6-8, 2008

What a brilliant idea.
Let's take Hayden camping.....
we'll have so much fun....
when the forecast was for nothing but rain?@#!

All in all, we did have fun, but we got
tired of being wet and cold.
It's pretty tough not to have sunshine.....at all.

We went in to Banff on Saturday so that we could
hang out at the mall just to get warm!
We were stinky, and dirty and didn't care because
we were out of the rain for a while.
We even stopped in at Starbucks and enjoyed
a coffee....all huddled around the fireplace.
Now, that's what I call camping!

Our last day, Hayden looked at me and said;
"Back home, mommy."
We were totally okay with that.

We did manage to capture a few cute moments:

Playing tug-o-war with Zeus

Where's Hayden?

He loved being outside, camping, exploring,
and visiting with the neighboring campers.
Even in spite of the rain.

A face only a mother could love....
he was SO dirty....

Home sweet home.

Calling all squirrels!!

We were out for our walk and saw a train
up close. Hayden loved it!
However, he almost fell over
when the conductor blew the whistle!

My mountain men.

This picture was taken right before
Hayden almost took a dip in the river.....
what a great mom....sacrifice the kid
for a great photo-op.

Okay, so I lied a bit.
The sun tried to come out on Saturday night.

This is Martijn, Ralph, Hayden Roeland and Brechtje.
(Joost had to tend the fire, and I was happily
behind the camera!!)