Ryan's folks had a tent they had rarely used and told us we could borrow it. We decided to try it out in the backyard again since the kids enjoyed that so much last year. This tent is much bigger than our old one and gave us a lot more room. The kids had a blast helping Ryan set it up and each had to take a turn hammering in the stakes. Once the tent was up they proceeded to haul everything but the kitchen sink into the tent. We decided to forgo the campfire and ate marshmallows plain and popped some popcorn. We hauled the laptop out and watched a movie together as a family. The kids enjoyed it and slept very good. I, on the other hand, slept TERRIBLE! About 4 am a good midwest thunderstorm came through. It rained so hard and there was thunder and lightning. No one else woke up, but all I could think of was our tent being underneath the tree that had been struck by lightning twice and we were all going to be toast (literally). Thankfully it passed quickly and I could sort of go back to sleep. At least we found out that the tent was nice and waterproof!!! I am still not sure we are ready to attempt real camping...maybe next summer!
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