Camping Trips

We just might be crazy, but we went on two camping trips in the month of August with Vin.  His first camping trip was to St. Marys with the entire Bertke family.  I knew I'd have plenty of help with him, and overall he did fairly well.  It was a little cool at night, so we dressed him nice and warm.  He did not sleep the greatest, but we have nights like that at home too.  He sure is a lot of work when we're camping!  Adam and I both agreed that it'd be a lot easier if he were just a little older.

Talking to grandma in the camper.

Vince's crib mattress fits perfectly in his bunk.  

Movie time in the rain.

Blake came for a visit.  These two sat still long enough for grandma to take their picture.  Doesn't Blake look rotten?

Over Labor Day weekend, we camped at Wapak's KOA for our second (annual?) camping trip with the Magoteaux family.  The campgrounds was really nice, though our sites were somewhat small.  The campgrounds was so clean and the facilities were very nice.  We even had cable TV hookup at our site!  The kids thoroughly enjoyed the playground and sandbox.  Vera came back filthy dirty each day.  The weather was really good overall.  It rained for a short spell on Sunday just enough to soak everything and chase us in.  We are 3 for 3 with rain on camping trips this year.

 The campgrounds offered tons of fun activities each day.  We participated in painting a sun-catcher, tie dying t-shirts, hayride, bike parade, and bubble mania.

 We missed the soaker hay ride, but these little ones soaked the wagon as it drove past.

The dads and kids enjoyed their own water balloon fight to end each day.  After the balloon fights, everyone headed to the shower house.

Vin got his baby shots the day before we left, but he was a trooper.  He had his moments of fussiness, but overall was fairly good.

Vera loved the pool on Sunday!

Putting on our gloves to tie dye shirts.

Everyone was tired when we headed for home on Monday, but we had a great weekend of delicious food and fun memories!