Camping and Tea parties...that's how we roll

 The big boys did this....

While the girls did this....and Joseph played in the family room. :)

 Thomas and Derek went to a Father and Sons camp out this past weekend up near Daniel's Summit. 

Thomas was excited to help Daddy put the tent up by hitting the stakes into the ground with a big rock.  What a good helper.

They had a rope bridge the boys could walk across and Thomas kept going on that thing numerous times, before and after dinner.

 He was REALLY looking forward to roasting marshmallows. The fire was WAY hot to stand close to, so he kept his distance.

 Such a cute picture of Thomas and Daddy ready to go to bed.

He was WASTED after a full day of swimming at 7 peaks and then the fun camp out with Daddy. He was one of the last ones that woke up the next morning. Pooped out!

 He was able to snag the last of the breakfast since he was such a late riser.

 Oh poor little guy. The mosquitoes liked him a little too much. His face and neck are covered with mosquito bites even after spraying bug spray on him. When he got home from camping, his eyes were swollen. :(

 I guess there were a TON of green caterpillars all over the camp ground. Here is Carson Scott (one of our neighbor boys that Thomas just adores) showing him the caterpillar he caught. Thomas was in heaven.

 Non stop entertainment. Catching the catopiwows=caterpillars :)

 Searching for more caterpillars with the boys, Liam and Reagan.

The Scouts had been earning "scout bucks"  and would buy candy at the trading post through out the week. So at the end of Saturday morning, Brother Peacock had a clearance sale at the trading post for all the youth from smallest to biggest. Thomas was toward the beginning of the line and came home with loads of candy and a gigantic sweet tooth.

While the older boys were having fun; Joseph, Emma and I had a fun evening. Emma thought carefully of her restaurant of choice for dinner; Zupas. We ran an errand to Costco after dinner then made our way home to have a much anticipated "Tea Party" that Emma had been talking about ALL day. Since our kitchen has been in shambles due to remodeling we moved the kids small picnic table into dining room area and set it up appropriately for a tea party. :) I love that Emma put on her sleeping beauty dress. Fits a little snug on her but doesn't stop her :) We wore our special hats that belonged to my Great Grandma Lucille and we bring them out of the hat box on special occasions such as a tea party. Emma was SO excited that we got to use my formal tea cups. It was a good night. 

We then ended the night with reading books in my bed together and
then conked out. She loves sleeping in Mom and Dad's bed. What is it about Moms' and Dads' beds that seem so much more comfortable? I remember feeling like that when I was littler.

 Later Joe Joe joined us and Emma kept putting her hat on him.

Fun filled weekend for the Frazier folks.