We had a great camping trip to a park nearby where we live with friends...the mountains were refreshing after a long, miserable winter! I am renewed with hope and vigor--hee hee! We had the most perfect weather ...cool enough in the mornings for a fire and in the evenings for smores and warm enough all day for shorts and tees and even some fun in the water! We are blessed to have great friend to spend the weekend with and to take our Cuz Bradley with us, too. The kids ate a bag and a half of marshmallows our first night out and I think Caleb almost turned into a marshmallow that evening. They enjoyed digging, unloading our firewood, building fires, throwing things in the fire, standing beside the fire, talking about the fire, and roasting marshmallows over the fire! They were little piro-maniacs...I think all boys are! The bike riding was great b/c now that we are training wheel free this season there is no stopping us! I am also amazed at how stressful camping can be when a 2-year-old is involved...I was heart-attacking many times trying to keep tabs on him and do things around the camp site...they need pens for kids at some sites-ha! We did some hiking as a family on Sat and went to some great rocky areas where there were caverns and caves to explore. Then, we went up this rock to a HUGE mountain overlook...it was awesome and the breeze blowing was fabulous...Caleb felt like he was flying in the pic! Next, we headed to the river b/c I just CAN'T come home without putting my toes in and smelling the river and we ended up staying for about an hour...and letting the boys play...well, despite the frigid water they got down to nothing and almost nothing and had running through the water, building castles and digging holes. For the record, the river beats the heck out of going to the beach ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. Every time I go to the mountains I am reminded that I would rather have a mtn/river home than a beach house!
We had yummy eats while we camped...B-Squeak cooked a good bfast each am and it was a great treat to have REAL bacon! Also, we ate some great BBQ and went to the Mac Daddy of playlands one evening...and trotted to a waterfall with our buddies. Fun stuff...hope to do it again soon now that I have caught up on my sleep!