After months of begging from the girls to go camping and actually stay overnight in a tent, we finally did it this past weekend! We went with our neighbors down to street and their boys, Cody and Andy.
I told Lauren to pack a hat..and well, she listened!
This one can look beautiful anywhere. When we pulled up to the campground it took forever for the guys to get us checked in, so the girls started playing in the car...Well started hanging out of the car, out of the sun roof, getting into snacks, you name it!
We finally got in and started to get settled. Thankfully Brandon was there to help us with out tent and Addison made sure they were doing it right.
Just about done and a perfect tent for the 4 of us.
Then we decided to take a hike in the woods, although Addison was not real thrilled.
Looking for poison ivy...I think.
But she perked up and had fun after a while.
Our goal was to make it down to the lake. The kids really liked it.
But, then it was a long hike back to our tents. Addison was on my back most of the time, and at the end Lauren got on Mark's shoulders and I made Addison walk for a little while.
Super Dad, Brandon, carried both boys for a short while. Little Andy helped out by holding the boys drinks. Little Andy is a lot like Little Addison...enough said.
Then we finally settled down to relax for a while.
Addison rested.
Lauren played.
Then it was dinner time and the girls were thrilled that I bought root beer!
Smores were next...
Addison loved them.
This hat came in handy in the morning. It was only about 60 degrees outside, but it was chilly. Both girls slept pretty well, after they settled down and finally fell asleep. I was warm in my sleeping bag, and thankfully Mark packed a sweatshirt with a hood to keep him warm throughout the night.
The kids rode their bikes a lot. Morning and night.
Donuts around the fire for breakfast was great in the morning. The boys were up at 6:30 and that woke us up. It was an early morning!
We hung out for a while, relaxing, enjoying the morning before packing up and heading home.
Addison was pretty tired and hung out here for a while in the morning when we were cleaning up. I don't think she actually fell asleep, but I am sure she could have. We all came home and took naps this afternoon. It felt great!
Our first family camping trip was fun. Relaxing once we got there, but a lot of work prior to and once we got back. We had several ticks to take off of all of us and that was no fun. We did lots of laundry and finally got all settled down tonight. Definitely something we will do again. A great, relaxing way to spend a Saturday night and an incredible memory for the girls. Tons of fun for sure.
