Camping Adventures

This past weekend we decided to try our first camping trip as a family. I was fully expecting a disaster of some sort, but to my surprise, we had a really great time! We borrowed our neighbor's pop-up camper and found the perfect campground with grassy sites and a playground and swimming pool. The boys played hard and slept equally hard! I think we just might try it again sometime!
Our campsite at Baldwin Oaks Campground (thanks Tammy for the suggestion!)

Sam spent hours in the pool and loves to swim with his goggles

Carter loved splashing in his new floatie.

Roasting marshmallows at night. Daddy doesn't know what he's missing!

The playground was literally about 30 feet away from our campsite, so Brian and I sat around the campfire and could watch Sam play. Here he at the top of the fort getting ready to go down the slide.

Occasionally we brought Carter over to the playground too and he loved running through the big cement tunnels.

While Carter loved running through the tunnels, Sam preferred jumping OFF the tunnels!

Both boys loved the swings.





One of the neighboring campers developed a little crush on Sam and followed him around everywhere and even tried rubbing his back and hair! Sam was clueless to it all, but Mama Bear was ready to step in and show her claws!

Here's the gang of kids plotting some sort of trouble.

Sam found some boys to hang out with and they spent hours playing "army". This is pretty much what he looked the entire trip...riding his bike with a gun in hand. His father was so proud.

Saturday evening my parents (along with Mya and Owen) and the Timmers came out to visit. Here's Sam swimming with Samantha and Brynn Timmer.

Sam was so excited that Cousin Mya came to visit too!

Carter and Owen enjoyed chillin together in the playpen.

The kids got so excited about the Baldwin Oak Bike Parade!



Brian and Mark playing some stupid game called "Hot Coals"...yes, they are really throwing a hot coal straight out of the fire pit back and forth to each other!


It was a great weekend and the kids were pooped when we got home. Sam refused to nap, of course, and then promptly crashed out on the couch!