Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Father's Day Camping Trip

We spent this past weekend with our friends the Wrights and the Trotti's camping at Stone Mountain. Of course we thought that camping in June wouldn't be as hot as July, but it was the hottest weekend so far this year. Close to 100 each day!! It was an adventure camping with 7 children three of them 2 or under! It was a fun filled weekend despite the heat. Here are some pictures. Above is the Willis base camp, playing in the lake which in turn ended up being an never ending problem of trying to keep them out of the lake and Connor waking up Daddy.Getting ready to hike up Stone Mountain, taking a break on the way up, Owen enjoying the wind, finally up top and Connor couldn't stay awake on the way down.

Hanging out at the campsite for lunch before the next adventure. Noah, Owen, and William enjoying the VERY hot train ride,Ryan and Owen chillin in some chairs before dinner and our attempt to get a group shot.


A family shot at the lasershow, Owen and Anna Claire playing ball before it started, Noah hanging out with Chris and finally our last meal before we packed up and left on Sunday. It was a great weekend of making memories for our kids. Some things we learned was not to have our campsite on a slope. Connor was constantly falling and dropping his food, but guess what he can eat lots of dirt and not get sick and it is not fun to camp with an 18 month old. We also learned how great a very cold shower feels in the middle of the day and how our best purchase for this weekend was a battery operated fan for our tents. Our biggest lesson this weekend is to camp before the month of June and after the month of September. It was fun and hopefully it will be a yearly thing. It can just get easier as they get older right?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

love the pics and look like you had a great time! see ya soon!

ablossom said...

Love this!! We want to camp with Coltan this fall. What do you think? Too young still...he'll be two at the end of Sept. I need your pointers!!