The Frost Compound

We went camping last week to celebrate Michael's birthday. We invited a ton of friends and had a big campfire at our property (that Joe likes to call the "Frost compound"). We really enjoyed ourselves. There were quite a few families that came up and just stayed for the campfire.

Here are some of the kids, Emma, Ty, Shane, Michael, Nathan, Logan, Ben, Emmaline and Mariah

It was pretty warm outside, but nevertheless the kids still really enjoyed the fire.
At first they roasted marshmallows, but then they just started roasting sticks.
Here are some pictures of some of the kids that came...I love how they all have dirty faces and they don't even care- Ashlynn

Michael with Logan and Shane

Adam and Jack
Ellie and Lily

Logan and Michael

Nate and William
Me and my friend Sharon
Nate spent a large amount of time emptying the water cooler, glass by glass

Austin and Ron, they are our most regular regulars and we are so happy about it

Instead of a cake, Michael got a rice crispie treat pyramid! Much more yummy....

Before it got dark, the kids enjoyed swinging on the cheap swingset that is there, riding 4-wheelers, and riding in the boat.

I am still not allowed to sleep in the tent with Joe (and I am heartbroken about it too) so Nate and I slept in the house. Apparently in the middle of the night Adam needed to pee but didn't want to wake Michael up stepping over him, so he found a window in the tent and peed out of it, right onto a neighboring tent where it woke up our friend sleeping there.

The next morning, we had some other friends show up... we had fun with them riding the 4-wheelers and Daniel was even brave enough to take the 5 smallest children out on a boat. We enjoyed their visit until Ellie and her friends found a yellow jacket nest and all got bit...ouch!

We have really enjoyed having the "Frost compound" to be able to have friends up to visit and relax. The weekend before the campout, we had some friends come in from out of town that we hadn't seen in a long time. We also enjoyed visiting with them and riding 4-wheelers and the boat.

It was nice to hang out with friends that we could just relax with and not have to worry about what they think of us. I am trying to be more like that with everyone, but sometimes it is nice to be with people you have known for a long time. Plus our kids really liked playing with their kids.

Hannah, ready to go on the boat

Matthias

Nate and Matthias on the tractor

Taylor and Hannah