This has been the view of our back yard the last two days...

The Great Backyard Camp Out 2017!!!

Camping in the backyard has been on our summer bucket list all summer. Only one-ish weeks of summer vacation left & we got it in. Night number one was Tuesday. The weather was perfect, cool & breezy. It has felt like fall the past couple of days.. perfect camping weather. We strung Christmas lights in the big tree for night lights which the kids loved. It looked so festive. The nights got cold but we were well prepared... footie jammies, hats & lots of blankets/sleeping bags. How cute are our little campers? Love Marg's head lamp!

After the first night quite a few of the tents came down & some adults/kids had had enough! haha But not our kids, they loved it so much we left them up and camped a second night last night. The first night we had 6 tents that slept 8 adults & 20+ kids! So much fun. The kids enjoyed snacks & played night games while the adults enjoyed a fire. Lights out at 10:30 but I heard giggles well past 11:30pm. Last night we were down to two tents between Wendy, myself & our kiddos. Much more mellow night, but still very fun. I slept like a rock! The cool temps make for great sleeping.

One last photo this morning. We all slept in until about 7:30 which was pretty good. Maeve was the first one up & she chilled with the ipad until the others woke up. Wendy & Bhodi were out cold! We are all definitely looking forward to the great camp out of 2018 next summer. This was a hit!