Labor Day weekend

Friday, September 2nd I took off of work and we all went up to the Post office and got our passports in preparation for our trip to Costa Rica in the summer.  Ryan's family had taken their camper to Barton Springs campground in Normandy for Labor Day weekend.  There wasn't any room for us in the camper so we decided that the boys and I would sleep in a tent outside and Ryan was going to sleep in his hammock.  Barton Springs is close enough to our house that we decided to drive the Can-am there via the back roads.  

Uncle Barry and Aunt Kathy have their camper there too.  They brought their grandson Ayrik to play with the boys this weekend. 

It was Uncle Barry's birthday so he cooked us all smash burgers.  They were amazing!  

After dinner we hung around by the fire and indulged a little.  Reminiscing about when they were younger got everyone in their feels.  When it was finally time to get in bed I crawled into the tent with the boys no problem.  As I lay there nice and cozy with the boys I hear Ryan outside, wrestling with his hammock.  Mind you, prior to his indulgence he tested out this hammock to make sure it would be ready to go for bedtime.  What he didn't account for was how hard it would be after a couple rounds of bourbon.  Next thing I know I hear a loud RIP, then a THUD, then his cry for help.  He had practically John Cena'd his way into the hammock and ripped through the other side onto a broken tree stump and patch of briars. After multiple calls for me and then his dad, I finally got up and helped find a safe landing to sleep. 

Saturday morning I was woken up to Brooks saying - “uhhh… Aunt Hope? can I go eat breakfast?” That boy loves him some food!   

All of us sitting around laughing about Ryan and his hammock escapade :)

Once we were all up and moving we made our way back to Barry's for Breakfast.  They boys love to watch and help him cook.

 After breakfast, Ryan, Liam and I came home and showered and let the dog out then went back out to campground.  All the kids ended up at the beach playing in the sand for a little bit.

After all the kids were washed up from the beach they played some more by the camper.  Lots of hide and go seek and tag went on this weekend!  My parents came out later that night and we all had a big dinner at Wayne and Cheryls.  

After dinner we went back home.  It had started to sprinkle so we wanted to get home before the bottom fell out!

Sunday morning we went back out to Barry's again for breakfast.  Not before Ryan burned all the hair on his face trying to help light the Blackstone.  It was definitely not his weekend!

After breakfast, I came back home and got ready for Annalise's baby show at fair.  Maggie wanted to watch her so I volunteered to be the one to show her.  She won 3rd place. But she was for sure the cutest thing out there in our eyes!  After that we went back out to campground for dinner at Barry's and then back home.

Ryan and I got to sleep in Monday morning while the boys stayed out at the campground.  I cleaned up the house a little then we made our way back out to the campground.  When we got there they were all fishing. Well, most were fishing....   

Liam was doing his own thing lol

After they were all fished out we ate dinner then packed up and came home to get ready for school and just relax.  Another jammed packed, fun weekend in the books!  Definitely one to remember!