Documenting camp

Oh how we would love to have our own camp! It wouldn't be too far away from home, but not too close either. Just far enough to get away from home for the weekend for a change of scenery. My father-in-law rents a camp almost every year. The kids look forward to it all year long.  Even though the camp we rent  is only about 5 miles out of town or 20 minutes away from home, it does not have cable, or wi-fi, or even cell service (I know, we are cruel). However, it doesn't seem to bother the kids that they are out of touch with the rest of the world for a few days. We usually have a grand time playing card games (this year the game of choice was Go Fish) and other games. We picked up Pictionary and grabbed some easel pads and markers and laughed until our stomachs ached.

4 years ago, on the first Friday of hunting camp, I showed up with a surprise, our dog Cookie. She loves camp. I think she enjoys the freedom of running around and all the different smells in the woods. Our cookie girl is very hard to photograph because she is always on the move. This year, we were lucky to capture a few photos of her! I'm not sure how the girls pulled off getting these pictures....if I had to guess, I would bet they bribed her with a stick.

This year was the first year in a while that we did not have snow during hunting camp. The girls and I took advantage of the bare ground and landscape and took some creative pictures. Avry was disappointed by the lack of snow, she must associate camp with snow. I hate it when things are different than what I remember or expect them to be. We are hoping to make it out to camp for one more night before we have to give the keys back, so there is still hope for snow!

No deer yet for our freezer, the boys have the rest of this week to get us one. Fingers Crossed!

A little of this, a little of that

Last week I finished a couple baby knits for a friend. Her sister-in-law is expecting her first child, a little girl!  So, my friend chose some really, really bright colors. I love the way the two colors look together and that they are really different from the soft pinks, yellows, greens, blues you find in the stores. You can't tell from the picture, but the striped thing on the right is a zip up the back hooded sweater (my go-to pattern for babies). Yes, the pink in the picture is pretty true to the actual color.

I cast on a sock for a Christmas present, but have not yet decided if I will keep it for myself or gift it. The maybe Christmas present is gray tweed from Knitpicks that I picked up during one of their recent sales. I was working on turning the heel of this sock while reading the chapter in The Thirteenth Tale that was titled Turning the Heel. It just so happened that she was also knitting a gray sock. That chapter alone made me love the book.

My Grandma (my kids call her Grandma yarn) owns a small needlework/yarn shop. She asked me to stop over on Small Business Saturday to maybe help her put up some Christmas decorations. I really think that was a ploy to get me in there to see some of the wonderful new yarns she recently received. I immediately was drawn to Frolicking Feet sock yarn in the Southwestern Pleasure colorway. So, I had to cast on for yet another pair of socks. I think this is my way of ignoring everything I was planning to knit for Christmas. Just started All the Light We Cannot See. I haven't read many reviews on this, but have seen many of the Yarnalongers reading it. See those colors? The teal is my favorite!!!

 

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Mine was filled with family, lots and lots of family. The picture below is not the entire family, just whoever was hanging out in the kitchen at the time of the picture. **of course the little guy was drinking rootbeer out of glass bottles so that they could have a mustache too!** (Left to right: Dad, older sister, me, younger sister, mom, nephew, brother-in-law)