Los Porchs

I know you're supposed to put things out into the universe if you want them to happen, so I spent all of the past week talking about how beautiful the weather would be for the holiday weekend and acknowledged that while we may not get to use the new Oasis Island that Porch & I bought at Costco, we would be happy just to see sunshine.  Dang!  Wisconsin delivered!  We had sunshine and warm weather the whole weekend.  We didn't see any rain until we were on our way home! Source:  Amazon Saturday morning, the ladies worked on shower favors.  That task turned out to be... a little more time-consuming than anticipated.  Let's just say my mom and I have some "homework" to do before the shower!  We packed up the coolers and decided to unwind at the beach!  Porch inflated the Oasis Island and we actually got all six of us on it.  It needed more air, but it was a great time!  Went to dinner together and came home to have a campfire...

We were very excited to see our good friends Jackson and Amanda and to spend the first camping trip of the season with Nate & Casey.  But let's be honest, this weekend was all about the tent. We had been meaning to have a practice run in the backyard before leaving, but with me being back in school and closing the center on the other nights, there's just no time for daylight activities lately and when I get home, I. Am. Beat. Happy to report that the tent was amazing.  Not the easiest set up ever, though we realized why as we were putting it away.  And I might point out that someone (Nate) was so excited about this new tent that he wouldn't let me help set it up which made it seem even more difficult.  Though I did enjoy not having to set it up ;) The screen porch! We had the totes ready and waiting.  I have become totally OCD with our packing for camping.  Everything goes into a tote and gets restocked when we get home so it's ready to g...

It's time, my darlings.  Camping season has arrived and we are eager to test out our new fancy-pants tent this weekend as we explore the New Glarus campground for the first time.  We've been to New Glarus but had stayed in a hotel so we're pretty pumped to camp & hang out.  We're pretty fabulous campers. I know you've seen all of my camping gear:  organized, clean, and ready to rock. I've been finding copious amounts of joy in reading this great blog Little Baby Garvin .  She has amazing ideas and I love the way she finds a reason to celebrate everyday events.  And let's be honest, her daughter is chunker and I think we all know how I feel about chunky babies :D So.  Look forward to the post about our trip and how easy (hopefully) this great new tent really is to get up -- we're purposely arriving during daylight to ensure we can see what we're doing, at least for this first trip.  Keep your fingers crossed for decent weather &...

There are few things that amaze me more than Amazon and the speed at which they can ship the fun and amazing things we purchase.  As we sat at the car dealership on Saturday, we placed our order for the tent we had been eyeballing and had put in our cart last weekend after a trip to Target got us thinking about bigger and better tents. The idealized version of camping. Our version includes a bigger cooler, more beer, and less children. Also less matching khaki. via Amazon via Amazon Imagine my (pleasant) surprise when I got an email tonight from Amazon letting me know that the tent had shipped and it'll arrive tomorrow!  Amazing!  And I didn't even have to pay shipping.  Okay, I'm excited.  Perhaps a little too excited since our first official trip isn't until June.  We might have to look into more trips this summer/fall!  See that screen porch?  Yeah, it's pretty sexy.  And the tent has 2 rooms and a center height of 6'10". ...