Annual Camping Trip to Crescent Lake

Each Memorial Day weekend, the Olson and Blume clan get together for the annual Crescent Lake camp out. In the past couple years, we have been pretty lucky with the weather but this year it was one of the coldest years yet. We drove down late Thursday night after work, arriving after dark (thank you Kim and Loren for setting up of tent in advance!). It rained all night the first night but by 3 am the rain turned into snow. Despite the weather, the boys got up Friday and went fishing first thing in the morning. Chelsea on the other hand, didn't leave the fire pit all day...she huddled up where she could keep warm. Good thing Cody brought his chain saw because we needed all the firewood we could get!

On Saturday afternoon, Cody, Chelsea and Jeff went to check out Davis Lake so Cody could do a little fly fishing.

Due to the weather, we mostly did a lot of hanging out at camp. We got in some cowboy golf, board games, ate lots of great food, and sat around the fire talking about how Cody is going to make our future children file a W2 for their allowance(haha..don't ask him about it unless you have about 30 minutes of your time to spare!!)




Roxy had lots of friends including cousin Sabby, and Tylers dogs Orion and Molly to keep her plenty of company. The dogs spend all day playing hard with each other. Roxy played a little too hard and Sabby had too much of what Kim would call "fun". We have the photos for evidence!

This is Sabby having a little taste of "fun"...:

...and this is how the night ended for him:

Roxy played fetch, chase, keep away, went swimming with Aunt Courtney, and on a couple walks. Apparently, she isn't the young pup she used to be, because we found her sitting outside our tent at 7:30pm, wanting to go to bed. We let her in the tent and she tucked herself into bed for the night.


We had such a great time and felt so lucky that many of our friends and family were able to make it! It meant a lot to us both that so many of our friends drove hours to spend the weekend with us. A special thank you to Jeff, Kramer, Rachael, and Tyler for making the long trip to Crescent Lake. Since Cody has been working long hours since we returned home from our Japan trip, it was really good for him to have a chance to kick back and relax with great friends and family.