Catching Up...

Wow there is SO much to catch up on! We have been gone camping, and then off to Calaway Park, and are now finally getting back into the swing of thing. I don't know where to start...so things might be random.

Here are some pictures of us camping at Wasa Lake. We had so much fun there! The weather was HOT...just the way I like it. This year we rented a boat and took the kids on the tube, they had a BLAST.

I bought this water trampoline a few months ago at Costco thinking that the kids would have a lot of fun with at the lake. They sure enjoyed playing on it. Tyler wasn't so thrilled with having to haul it there and back...and now his dilemma is where to store it. LOL!

Here is Tyson on the morning of his 6th Birthday. I made him a special Egg McMuffin...with a candle in it. I thought it was a pretty great way to start off the day, and so did he!

Here is Carson chillin on the beach. This little boy LOVED to play in the sand. He spent hours just diggin and playing with his trucks.

Next we were off to Surveyor's Lake. This is probably our favorite place to camp. Usually the weather is SO nice and HOT...but this year it wasn't so great. It was rainy and cold for 2 days. So we spent lots of time playing cards and Risk. But it didn't stop the kids from riding their bikes. Good thing mom remembered to pack the gum boots and rain coats. And thank goodness for DVD players.

We couldn't keep Carson off of his bike. I can't count the miles he put on his bike while we were camping. Thank goodness we brought it, it entertained him for hours!

It is always fun to take a walk around Hidden Lake and look for turtles. The weather was nice and sunny so the turtles like to come and get warm on the logs. We were able to see quite a few, but the boys didn't because once we stopped the dog would run in the water and scare the turtles away. Grace enjoyed being wrapped with close to daddy. She had a good nap.

One evening we went to an interpretive program. Carson was SO tuckered out that he fell asleep right on the bench. My kids will fall asleep anywhere if they are tired. LOL!

We did manage to have 2 nice days to spend at the beach, although it was too cold for me to get in the water. It didn't seem to bother the kids though. Overall we had a great holiday and I was surprised at how I was dreading coming home. Usually after about 1 week I am wanting to come home, but not this time. It seemed to go buy way to fast and we were enjoying ourselves so much that I could have spent another week camping. Oh well...I am already looking forward to next year.

After we got home from camping we decided to go to Calaway park as Tyler didn't have to work. The kids LOVE the rides. It is a toss up though with every ride between Tyler and I to see who is going to ride with the kids. We both used to love rides, but as we get older...LOL! we don't seem to do as well on them as we used to. Usually Tyler will ride with them though...and I am thankful.

And finally here are a few of the pictures I had taken of Grace & our family. I love how they turned out!