Girls' Day Out!

Had a little girls' day since the boys are doing their Ultimate Sports Olympics. We went to the farmers' market in the morning (and ate ourselves sick with raspberries!), and shopped until the afternoon.

My mini haul: 2 cateye sunglasses, 2 cute watches from AE, and 2 super soft shirts from PacSun! Love them all..

People of Walmart

Shopping at Walmart and suddenly this husband-child of mine decides to plop into a bin of pillows. Apparently it was comfy enough to tuck the rest of his body into it. I was laughing in tears and decided to up the ante and hide behind him. (If he's going to embarrass me, he's going to be embarrassed all right!) He started calling my name quietly after a while, panicking, and struggled to get out while a passerby and a walmart employee tried not to notice the flailing arms and legs of the pillow bin.

He finally got out and tried to walk it off all cool, but me and the two onlookers knew the real truth.

Moar camping!

That may or may not be our friend Michael on a pool floatie in the freezing lake. And it may or may not have taken him a good 20 minutes to awkwardly hand-paddle back to shore after the wind pushed him clear to the middle of the lake.

Some cows came down into our camp. Not too close though or else we'd have had some steak for dinner!

Oh what? Herm's again? I THINK SO! Hmm.. camping then Herm's... sounds like a delicious tradition is about to get started up in here! Met up with some friends to get our breakfast on after a great night of camping!

Braden had a breakfast burrito with spinach, feta, and chorizo and we split a huge pancake that came with lemon zest butter (omg!) and buttermilk maple syrup. I had biscuits and gravy (my favorite! Soul food is still the way to my asian but southern-girl heart. Shrimp-and-grits? Where?!).

First Camping Trip of the Summer

I LOVE camping (Braden, not so much) and we were eager to get on the road and find some secluded spot to do our fishing and camping this weekend. It was a super bleak day but we were all pumped to get in our new truck (that we pretty much bought on impulse to go camping with) and the boys rented a canoe.

Braden chasing away the ducks from our campsite. To be fair, we probably stole their sleeping spot.

"Hold it closer so it looks bigger!" 

Also, that's what she said.

Highlights of the trip:

• Ben hates ducks so I used my chex mix to lay a little trail for the ducks to follow Ben into his tent. While he was in there, a duck almost went in after him (darn it! so close! haha).
• Being terrified of the tip-happy canoe since there were three of us in there and I (idiotically) brought my camera and smartphone ("to take pictures!" I said... yeah, I was too scared to even use them)
• Ben catching a huge fish, first cast in the canoe but didn't net it in time (the one that got away).
• It poured all night. I mean, ALL NIGHT. Braden and I got soaked and our boots filled with water :(
• Drying our butts off in the fire and trying to keep warm.
• Sleeping in the truck was just the worst. HAD TO PEE SO BAD ALL NIGHT.
• Ben caught like 12 fish during the whole trip. All over 12 inches. Not bad!

Still love camping though. Can't wait for more!