The Young Family: Camp Barakel 2011

Another weekend at Barakel has come to an end. It is always such a bummer when Monday morning rolls around and there isn't any time left to sit in front of a burning fire for hours on end chatting with good friends you only see a handful of times each year, if that.

But as always we had a great time and even though with the two boys now it is hard for Kris and I to really have any down time like we did sans kids......it is a different experience withe Owen and Wyatt and we wouldn't trade it for anything.

This year was my 11th year at Barakel, 11 consecutive years. Owen has been there 5 years and this was Wyatt's second year. We aren't sure how long Kris has been going but at least years and years and years.......we can only continue to pray and hope that we will continue to be in good enough health to continue to go in the years to come and make it the same tradition in our little family as it was in Kris' family.

Here is Owen helping to go get some firewood.

And here is Wyatt just being cute.

And our beautiful fire that we had each and everyday and every night.

Wyatt and his Grammy!

Here are Kris and I with Wyatt. Maggie took some pictures of our whole family but I think that Owen was crying in every one........so I'm hoping she at least captured one good one.....we shall see. Owen for some reason doesn't like to "smile" for pictures anymore. Bummer!!

EE surprised us and came up on Sunday for a few hours. It was such a nice visit with here. She went down Thunder Express with Owen and he was so happy to have his EE there.

Here is a really blurry picture of Kris, Owen and Wyatt coming out of the Thunder Express tunnel. I was hoping for a picture that was a little more clear, however I guess you can get a good sense of how fast they were going when they came out of the tunnel.

Owen and his orange sled....his favorite color!

EE and Wy man walking to Thunder Express.

As always Owen's truck was a huge hit.....lots of kids wanted rides this year. Thankfully Owen is very fair and took all the little kids on a ride. But he mostly rode around with his good friend G all weekend. The two of them are so cute together!