Camping trip number 2

I am a little behind, but I wanted to post about our camping trip 2 weekends ago. We went camping with one of Rod's work friends and his family. We went to Delaware State park. Although the weather wasn't perfect, we did have a good time and the kids made some new friends.

The park was set up very nice with the majority or sites located on cull de sacs. This made for great bike riding for our entire family. The other good news is that Alissa actually likes the bike trailer this year instead of screaming the entire time like last year.

On Saturday, early afternoon I took the kids over to the beach area to check it out. We didn't put suits on because it was a little too cold for that. Alissa wasn't with us because she was supposed to be napping.

There was also a small park on the beach.

Alissa wanted to be a part of the bike riding around the cull de sac so Leah was nice enough to help her out a few times around.

Since Alissa didn't nap while we were at the beach, her and I stayed back at the camper and Rod and his friend Bob took the older ones fishing.

After dinner we went to a really nice park down the road from the campground. They had an awesome three story play ground. The kids had a blast!

After we played on the playground we went for a small hike that include a creek walk and a visit of the dam.

On the way home on Sunday late morning the kids were worn out and I couldn't resist this picture. They are all so sweet when they are sleeping.

Camping Fun

No, I haven't completely forgotten about my blog. Things have been crazy this past couple of weeks. Now this week, I have to recover from the weekend. There's lots of extra laundry and some unpacking left to do after our first camping trip of the season. This was also our first camping trip in our new camper. We went to Burr Oak State Park and Rod wasn't overly thrilled with my pick because of the whinding, hilly roads we had to use to get there, but it was Memorial Day weekend and the pickings were slim for those of us who didn't plan way in advance. We made it to the camp ground safely and the truck did the job.

The camp ground was nice, but it was a very hot and humid weekend and we didn't have many shade trees by the camper. Luckily our air conditioning worked great. The camper was perfect after we got everything set up. Everything worked like it was supposed too and the kids loved their room. We went camping with my brother, SIL and the cousins so things got a little crazy in the camper a couple of times when we got all 6 kids in the back room. Overall the trip was lots of fun. We did get some rain in the morning before we left. It was a huge down pour, but it didn't ruin any fun since all that was left was packing up. We did have a big mud puddle outside the door, but we managed to keep most of it outside.

Here are some pictures from the trip. (I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked, but I kept forgetting.)

Getting Ready for Swimming

Swimming and Playing at the Lake

My brother, Adam and SIL, Stephanie, just bought a couple of Seadoos. We had to drive to the river to ride them. All the kids tried them out. I had to drive at first to get Caleb and Leah to go on. (We didn't get pictures of me driving because I am generally the only one that thinks of pictures.) After riding with me, the kids were comfortable enough to go out again. Alissa even went out with Aunt Steph. Leah had a blast and ending up going a second day with while we stayed back at the campground.

Mommy, Alissa, and Caleb watching from the dock.

Caleb had some crazy hair after his second ride with Aunt Steph. I guess he didn't appreciate how fast Aunt Steph was going and said he wanted his mommy again.

While Leah was out on the river ride Seadoos, the rest of us went fishing. Rod found us a good spot and it didn't take long for Caleb to catch a couple of fish. Alissa is more interested in picking flowers and throwing rocks in the water. I forgot my camera, but took these on my cell phone.