The Carey Family: Defeated Camping Trip '08

Well we had another great trip and great weather this year at our fall Defeated Creek camping trip! I think there were over 20 of us all together, it was nice to have Aunt Marty, Chelsea, Maggie, William, and the Trotters along with us this year! Mitchell and I got there early Friday morning and hit the ground running. The boys-Mitchell, Nolen, Trevor, and Drew all drove Nolen's Gator and had a blast. We even let the little ones drive who have no clue what they are doing-including Mitchell! HAHA
John & Craig braved the tent, so Shannah and I had the pop-up all to ourselves! We kicked the breaker for having two heaters on, but we didn't need two anyways, so we settled for one and stayed nice and warm!
Saturday was full of eating, i feel like thats basically all we did. We played some cornhole, did lots of playing on the playground, and carved our pumpkins! Mom, Vickie, and Aunt Marty stayed up until 4AM Sunday morning trying to see the sunrise, but they didn't quite make it!
Sunday we just played some more, then headed out around 2.
Just wanted to say thanks to all of those who did the cooking, especially mom! Can't wait for next year!
Everytime Mitchell talks to my mom-who is still there (recovering from being on her feet so much from cooking) I tell Mitchell that Grandma is still camping, so he says "Me go?" So I'm pretty certain that Mitchell loves camping as much as his Grandma!

Friday morning!

Just chillin'

Not sure if Drew was watching something very closely or if he was thinking about doing something in his pants! HAHA

Mitchell and Nolen playing with Nolen's monster trucks!

I really think this was the highlight of the trip for the boys! David kept chasing them around! I think Mitchell only hit one tree!

Come on Nolen, lets go for a ride!

Cheese!

There's the "i'm up to no good" look that we all know and love!

Here come the intimidating drivers-Trevor Wayne and Mitchell Cash

Start 'em up boys! They don't look too intimidating to me here!

me and Shan! Glad she could come along this year. She's been in GA the past few years, so she got to come along since she's back in TN now!

Family pic!

I think Mitchell was scaring somebody!

Everyone working hard on their pumpkins! Mitchell was taking his 3 hour nap during the pumpkin carving, so he missed out!

Getting some pointers from the expert David!

My "Wicked" pumpkin

Shannah's cat pumpkin

The whole community of pumpkins. We always put them right beside the road and light them up, so people can see them as they are walking around the campsite!

The carvers!

With my brother and little Trevor man!

Mr. Entertainer as I like to call him. Saturday night he was very entertaining around the campfire. He sang songs, told secrets, and scared a lot of people!