29 | July | 2018 | Brendan and Trevor's Story

Trying to get away from the summer heat, we went north to the Mogollon Rim for a few days of camping. We invited Trevor’s friend from school and his family to join us for the weekend!

We arrived right as an afternoon thunderstorm was starting to roll in. The thunder was the most thunderous I think I have ever heard.

Brendan in a baggie

We got the tent set up for our friends right before the sky opened up and it started to pour. The rain only lasted about 30 minutes and then the sun came out. Talmage and Afton are ready to camp!

We are about ready to sell this jeep. The boys can barely fit in to it anymore, their shins are crammed against the dashboard. But it was THE THING to do this weekend. Brendan is driving around little Aramy. She was too small to drive, but she lived in that jeep waiting for anyone to drive her around camp.

Brendan looks enormous next to Aramy!

Brendan got tired of driving so it is Trevor’s turn to take Aramy around.

We brought up our new toy, a metal detector

Brendan is holding the pinpoint detector. Once the big machine finds something, the small one can really zero in on the location and then the kids could dig up the treasure. Mostly it was bottle caps.

Time for more driving!

Trevor and Talmage are about the weight limit, the jeep was working hard

Brendan gets to be passenger while Afton gets a turn to drive

Brendan’s favorite red and white shirt goes everywhere

This log made a perfect heat shield and marshmallow stick rest

Perfect!

Maybe the extra large marshmallows are not such a good idea

Ewwwww… Brendan barfs if he even looks at these pictures

Afton takes dainty little bites

Or not…ewwww

The boys crashed in to the tree and the jeep stopped working. (we witnessed the crash). When I asked what happened, they said “the battery died”. Turns out it was just a fuse.