You drove 5 hours to where?

Yes, last weekend we drove 5 hours to Big Lake. Big Lake, AZ is located right around the NE of Arizona. It was beautiful to get out of the heat and enjoy the mountains and the fresh air. It kind of reminds me of being in Utah.

We were there to attend Blaine's family camp out. This camp out is only the grandkids of Blaine's mom's family, so it's just a bunch of people our age and their families. It was really fun to hang out and have the kids play with their cousins. I told Blaine that I am kind of impressed that the Grandkids do this camp out because their family is so big, but everyone is relatively close and remains friends.

Here's the kids getting ready to leave for our long drive.


Emi with her princess fishing pole. She never let go of that fishing pole for the whole trip.


Dad and Brenden at the camp site. Look at how Brenden is more interested in the Diet Coke, than taking pictures. We have an addict... not good. :(


Greysen, Preslee, and my silly daughter. She was so excited to see her cousins, that's why she was making funny faces. I don't think I have one picture of her smiling nicely.


I'm not much of a camper, so we decided to get a cabin. It was good that we did because it was kind of rainy there at Big Lake. But Emi wanted to stay so badly, so maybe next time we'll do the whole camping experience. I think... :)

We saw a lot of wildlife there, here's a picture of a deer from the car. It's kind of small, can you see it?


and Brenden, just being Brenden and so happy playing in the dirt and being one with nature.


All the great grandkids.


Everyone at the camp out.


The Family


We will see all you Allreds soon, if not soon, then next year for sure at the Allred Round Table Camp Out. It was fun and we are so glad that we could make it.

Round Table Camping at Big Lake, Arizona

This past weekend was the Round Table (Allred Married Cousins) First Annual Campout. We went to Big Lake, AZ which was about a five hour drive from Phoenix. We thought it was only three hours to drive there, so the extra two hours were unexpected. It was really pretty up there and actually cold. Who would have ever thought that Arizona would be cold especially in August? It was nice to escape the hot weather and enjoy being one with nature. hahaha... That saying is coming from me. I am the last person to be one with nature. Since Emi's still little we decided to stay at a hotel in Eager. I don't know if the hotel was really for her or for me. :)

Here's Blaine driving to Big Lake, AZ. We always take this picture of Blaine driving whenever we go somewhere. It's tradition... weird, huh?


Emi sucking on her yummy fingers. She doesn't like her pacifier, but she loves sucking on her hand, which is fine with me, because we always forget her pacifier.


This was a little breakstop for Emi. Don't really know where this is, but the scenery was beautiful. As you can tell, it was also really windy.


Here's a better shot of the scenery on our drive to Big Lake, AZ.


Here's a family shot of us at the campsite. They made T-shirts for everyone to keep to remember our time at Big Lake. How nice!



This is the campsite at Big Lake. It was really pretty because there were so many trees. Reminded me of Utah.