camping or last hurrah!

Friday my brother (Jad) and I took the older kids camping (Braden, Simon, Katherine and John Adams). I spent some Christmas money on a family-size tent and some other gear and we went out to Red's farm. We grilled steaks; the kids had hot dogs. Jad had them pretty spooked about the coyotes saying that whining attracted them to the camp so when we tried to encourage them off into the woods with their flashlights, they didn't want to leave the campfire. We stayed pretty warm until going to bed. The temperature dropped and the air mattress (yes, I'm getting old) didn't hold any heat. It started to rain during the night and while the tent did well keeping us dry we decided to pack it in and head out first thing. It was a good first try. And our last hurrah with Jad and his crew. They flew back to Moscow yesterday.