Camping Recap

The camping weekend recap is finally here! I'm sure you have all been losing sleep in anticipation.

Read this post and this post for some background.

As I have established before, I am not a camper. Let me just say our "real" vacation is happening in October. F-L-O-R-I-D-A.

I heart Florida.

I plan to do nothing more than lay on the beach, listen to the waves, read endless books, and sip umbrella drinks.

Wait a minute... we're taking the kids along.

OK, I plan to chase kids, referee fights, build sandcastles, referee fights, supply snacks, referee fights, ...but I digress.

Let's move on to camping.

I'm just going to say it.

Our camping weekend really wasn't that bad.

Did I just type that? Really?

The kids had a wonderful time. They spent lots of quality time with their grandparents, aunt and uncle and two older cousins. Their older cousins are ten and twelve year old boys. Even though I'm sure it wasn't cool to hang out with a three and five year old at that age, their cousins did a remarkable job at including them. (Thanks Tyler and Adam!)

Their favorite activity, hands down, was fishing. While we couldn't keep the fish they caught (I know, what is the point) we spent countless hours and lots of ham (yes that was our bait, it actually worked) trying to reel them in.

My two favorite little fishermen.

Wait, make that three favorite fishermen.

Alex, are we boring you?

Are you sure?

Although, this picture is a little blurry, I just love the image of father and son

I was able to read a book, with chapters, in it's entirety. The hubby was able to get in a round of golf. The kids played hard and fell asleep exhausted.



And yes, we ate. How can you go camping without consuming large amounts of junk food? Smores, pies, cheese curls, and mike and Ike candy.



My stomach may never be the same.







By the second day, Alex decided he was tired of his picture taking mama. He refused to be in pictures anymore and the batteries in my camera died.

An attempt at getting a picture of me and Alex

Not only was he determined to not be in any more pictures, he also wasn't going to do any more work.

Obviously, he is on vacation. He cannot be expected to pedal one more time.

Don't worry Alex, mommy will get it. I enjoy lugging you and your bike up a steep hill because you're "tiwed".

I think I hear another smore calling my name.

We did have fun camping. It was nice to be with family and spend quality time together. As we were leaving, Drew said "When can we go camping again"?

I think this grin pretty much sums it up

And while I can't say I love camping, I'm sure our family will go again. It was a lot of work, but worth it to see the smiles and excitement on Drew and Alex's face.

Besides, I could really go for a smore right about now.

Camping...Continued

I survived.

The kids had a wonderful time, despite recovering from being sick.

I learned camping isn't as bad as I thought it would be, even though I am high maintenance.

I'm trying to work on the high maintenance part. Really, I am.

I got to sit by myself and read a book. A BOOK! BY MYSELF!

In fact, I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted to, because I was giddy with the thought of reading another chapter. That, and I was lazy. And the batterries to my camera died. And a certain three year old decided he doesn't like being in pictures and will turn in any direction so as not to be in the picture.

I'll recap the whole extravaganza on August 29th.

I bet you just can't wait.