The Great Backyard Campout

The kids have been planning a campout forever.  To celebrate the end of their week long camp and also to support The Great American Backyard Campout

 we pitched a tent in the backyard, roasted hotdogs and corn on the cobb and of course smores. 

We slept outside in the tent 2 nights in a row.  It was already up and of course the kids were so excited the first night they didn't sleep quite as well as the second night.  It was a beautiful clear night...the crickets were in full swing and of course the wild dogs in the neighborhood could be heard too.

The great thing about putting up the tent...they played and slept in it for hours.  We sure enjoyed a quite morning to ourselves both days.  We do hope to camp beyond the backyard this summer, but for now, this was nice too.

Three things I'm grateful for:
1.  Sleeping kids in the backyard
2. Warm cups of coffee
3.  The summer still far ahead of us