Annual Nelson Family Campout

Every July my family puts together a camp out in our parent's front yard. We all pitch our tents, have dinner, s'mores, and fireworks. Some years we get a projector to watch a movie on the garage door, this was an off year. Other years we get toilet papered by aunt Erma and uncle Al, but we started that by getting them one year at their family camp out:)
Lydia, Audrey and MaKayla posing out side their tent.Grandma and Grandpa Nelson came for a little bit to have dinner with us but there was no convincing then to pitch their tent.
Spencer, James and McKenna decided to make their own tents this year and here they are trying to make their own fire. Sorry McKenna, you weren't around to be in the picture.
Landon, Savannah, Carson and Luke drinking their pop just waiting for dinner to be ready.
That night while everyone was roasting marshmallows and eating s'mores Richard and I went off to my 5 year high school reunion. But we were able to catch a few pics while they were getting started.

Abe, Spencer, and Matt put on our firework show this year after the kids had their fun with sparklers. This was our first year without Nick around to help run the show and still, they pulled it off.


Carson had so much fun with the glow sticks, we decided it was easier to keep track of him in the dark with them wrapped around his neck and ankles:)

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The Next Morning

After breakfast we all cleaned up "Camp" and played games until we were ready to bring out the water slide.
MaKayla and Katie setting up Crockett.
Landon, Savannah, Luke and Carson tossing beanbags.
Here's the water slid which by far was the best part of day. I wish I had more pictures, but, I was having too much fun to pull out the camera. Dad had the fire hose out spaying us all down as we slid down the slide or ran from slide to pool. Which leads to probably the funniest part of the water fun. Matt and Amber brought up their kiddie pool but it wasn't the kids who enjoyed it the most. At one point we had Dad, Richard and Pat all sitting there relaxing in this little pool just big enough for the water to reach them mid chest and leaving little room for them to stretch out the legs. I guess it's one you had to be there for:)

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Rodeo

It's also tradition to go the Spanish Fork Rodeo every year. We've never missed it as far as I can remember.
The boys were content as long as they had their balloons or something in their mouth. Carson's eating a hot dog that he wasn't going move from his mouth till it was gone.

YeeHaw!