The first time that I had a tin foil dinner was when I went camping with Brett. I followed his instructions on how to put it together - ground beef, potatoes, carrots - and then I added a bunch of seasoning. It tasted horrible. I asked Brett if that was what they usually tasted like, and he said, "Yeah. Just put a bunch of ketchup on it." Great. So now I was eating textured ketchup. Not my idea of a camping meal. So this time, I took it upon myself to create a tin foil dinner that actually tasted good. I'm not one to eat things just for tradition - it needs to taste good too. They turned out absolutely perfectly.
If you want the recipe (and trust me, you do) you can get it by clicking here. Of course, we topped the dinner off with some Reese's smore's. Brett is the master marshmallow roaster, and they were sticky gooey deliciousness.
Kennedy learned how to roast marshmallows (with Brett's help of course) and also how to skip rocks while we were there. I discovered that I'm about as good at skipping rocks as Kennedy is. But even though my rocks sank to the bottom of the river, I had fun eating smores with Kennedy all the same.
And she enjoyed her crackers, Reese's and marshamallows separately. Once they were cooked and all together, she wasn't so sure about how she felt about the hot gooey marshmallow. She didn't like how it stuck to her fingers.
My least favorite part of camping has always been the sleeping part. Ugh. I'm almost always so uncomfortable and I can hear the wildlife which usually freaks me out. This time was no different, but there were some additions to the misery. Kennedy decided not to sleep in the bed we brought her in favor of sleeping on the air mattress with us. Or more specifically, on me on the air mattress. And I was essentially sleeping on Brett because Kennedy kept squishing us over. We were all sleeping on one half of the bed. And to make matters worse, the campers next to us (they were actually quite a ways away, but it sure didn't sound like it) decided to have a dance party right when we wanted to go to sleep. In the middle of the night I woke up to the Backstreet Boys. And it continued for the next hour or so. All Backstreet Boys. But, in the morning we had a delicious breakfast and two happy kids, so all in all, it was a successful trip.
8 comments:
oh my goodness, i MUST try the reese's smores idea, yum. you guys are brave to go camp by yourself, at least in my eyes! i'm too scared to even just take landon... i'm afraid i'd never get him to lay down and sleep. additional camping tips with babies/toddlers are welcome! :)
LOL! I'm sorry Ashley, but that sleeping (or not sleeping) at night story cracked me up!! I think it is the way you tell about, I could perfectly picture all 3 of you on one half of the mattress and SOOO know exactly what that feels like! I'm so sorry about hilarious this is to me- good stories even though they aren't good times!
I can't believe you braved camping with little ones! I've already told John that camping is off the list for a while. The foil dinner looks delicious! I'm surprised it didn't rain!
The idea of it raining every day up here is a myth. It hasn't rained in two months:)
Wow those tin foil dinners look soooo yummy! I'll have to copy that recipe down! I'm glad you guys had some fun family time.. there's nothing like it! Cute pictures!
Such cute pictures of your kiddos!! You look great by the way and I'm glad you had a successful camping trip!!
Ashley, we went camping with my family this weekend and had nearly identical experiences. My camp pad lost all of it's air and was laying on rocks all night with Asher in my arms(squishing me in the corner). We also had a drunken party til all hours next to us as well....so I feel your pain! Thankfully it is worth it for all the good times and memories. :) I am definitely trying your tin foil dinner idea!
My oh my!!! Reeses smores. Never heard of them. Don't know why. I have GOT to try one. Maybe I'll be roasting some marshmallows tonight over my stove.
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