The Camping State Championship

Getting ready to head tomorrow back on the road to Yellowstone National Park. I plan to meet my friends to camp for 3 nights. I then have plans to head to Island Park, ID to meet Ryan and his parents to stay for a few days. Then we will head north to Missoula, MT and then Seattle, WA. I started on July 20th in Dallas, TX. I spent the first night in Amarillo, TX, the 2nd and 3rd night in Colorado Springs, CO. The 4th night in Glenwood Springs, CO. I have since been in Salt Lake City as well as 6 days in my husband's hometown of Roosevelt, UT. We have been on the road for 3 weeks now. The boys have been doing fairly well for the most part. Ethan has totally been testing my patience the last two nights and to be honest I haven't been handling it very well. More to come later on our trip.

Anyway ... so The Camping State Championship. I had no plans on blogging tonight. It's LATE - 1:00 am and I have a big day of driving tomorrow but I just went live with the Eclectic Mama and I wanted to get another post out there. I have been so busy the past 48 hours getting ready for this trip. Camping with 3 year old twins I'm sure its no joke. I've NEVER done it and I won't have my husband with me in Yellowstone. I will have my two friends and their 1 year old little boy. There is SO much to prepare for. So in my preparations tonight my grandfather who is almost 96 and pretty senile comes wondering into the kitchen multiple times asking what I was doing. I told him I was getting ready to go camping and he said "Wow, the State Championship, tell me more about that?" I actually giggled silently a little bit before I turned to him and explained for the 3rd time in 10 minutes that I was getting ready to go CAMPING. I kept preparing as I had groceries all over the counter. I was cutting fruit, I had the oven going with Parmesan Chicken, I had the crock-pot going with Polynesian Chicken and I thought "Geez, this IS the State Championship of camping", if I can pull this off, "I'm awesome!" So yeah, since I'm not the type to eat fast food on the road or just throw hot-dogs on the fire (I do love a good hot dog every now and then) but eating well and healthy is sort of my thing. It really takes SO much work though! My boys eat A LOT! A LOT, A LOT, A LOT. Like crazy amount and they are awesome eaters. Not picky at all. So I think I packed the whole kitchen. After all ... go big or go home, right? I'm in the Camping State Championship!

Grocery's pictured

Jacks Spratts - Sprouted Wheat Bread
Cedar's Organic Red Pepper Hummus
Bob's Red Mill Brown Gluten Free Rice Cereal
Kerrygold Irish Butter
Organic Grapes
Organic Blueberries
Organic Strawberries
Organic Cantelope
Organic Bananas
Avocadoes
Organic Kirkland Signature Salsa
Bertolli Oraganic Marinara Sauce
Celestial Organics Kombucha
Organic green/yellow zucinni & onions
Organic Cucumbers
Organic Kirkland Signature Peanut Butter
Organic Crunch Pack Sliced Apples
Organic Carrots
Organic White Rice
Organic Quinoa
Odwalla Superfood Smoothie Blend
Local Organic Raw Honey - L.R Rice
Arrowhead Mills Organic Buckwheat Pancakes
Eggs
Babybel Original Cheese
RedHill Farms Blueberry Pomegranate Goat Milk Kefir
True Story Organic Sweet Chicken Sausage
Coconut Water
Lemon Pepper Turkey Lunch Meat
Organic Pickles

Dylan and his 96 year old great grandpa - Charles Hardy. He pushed Dylan at the Grocery Store. They have a really cute bond. 

Send me an email if you want the recipes for the following crock-pot meals.

Polynesian Chicken
Chicken Chile
Parmesan Chicken

Wish us luck. Hopefully I take 1st place! :)