We LOVE camping!

We took our first camping trip as a family of four this weekend! We loaded up the van and headed to White Pines State Park, which is about an hour and a half west of here on Saturday morning. We met up with the Hoelting clan and had a wonderful trip. This was Matt and I's first camping trip to an actual camp ground, we have always just camped in the woods in CO, so we were a little skeptical, but it ended up being really nice and a great place to go with kids. It was a little strange to be around so many other people, but it was still really fun and actually very pretty. We were even able to do a little hiking (and by hiking I really mean nature walking,) and the boys got to ride their bikes and play in the creek. We did only one night to see how it would go with the toddlers, babies and dogs, and we all agreed it was a perfect success. Charlie loved it, and was great aside from at night. He didn't even really cry during the night, he was just up in his pack n play all night chatting and rolling around. Normally it wouldn't have mattered, but since we were all in a tent together and right next to several other campers, I didn't want him making so much noise. So, I didn't get really any sleep, but I really didn't mind:) We have another 3 night camping trip planned with the Hoeltings over Labor Day weekend and this got all of us super excited for that. On a side note, Alec and Hayden rode their bikes up and down a hill by our camp site for hours on Sat afternoon, and when Alec woke up yesterday morning he could literally hardly walk. His calves were completely cramped up from so much bike riding...he hobbled around all day yesterday like an old man. It was absolutely hilarious to see. I actually have some video that I will try and post later.



Some dinosaur checkers



nature walking is hard work




Charlie has found his feet and he loves them





Charlie and Piper



Such Fun!