Camp Mantua

 

This past weekend we packed up with the neighbors and headed for the beautiful mountains of Mantua.  It was great to get out of the valley and into the hills.  While we were there we celebrated our good friend,  Jada’s birthday.

If you can’t tell, she’s a little animated about her birthday – which she should be because she turned 6 years old.

Tasha came prepared with cupcakes and candles.

‘It’s a pillow, it’s a pet, it’s a pillow pet!’

Mackay was pretty excited to go on a Ranger ride

The traditional ‘log painting’ kept the girls entertained for hours.  Good thing it washes away with the next rain storm.

We loaded the rangers and quads with all these people and headed to Perry Resivore where we had a picnic. 

Brownie found a killer snake with a forked tongue.

This is the snake with the ‘death grip’ on Brownies hand.

We were so happy to get this shot.  Jada decided to hold the snake for a sec and it started to squirm and she freaked out.  She ended up passing the snake on to someone else, while we were laughing our heads off. 

We set a record on the ranger over the weekend by fitting 12 human beings and had everybody with a buckle. 

Max demonstrated just how dirty the kids got running around camp.  It’s hard to tell, but his face is covered in dirt as well.  Thanks neighbors for making such a fun camp trip – Let’s do it again!!!