Camping (Part One)

Every summer, we do a camping trip with our friends. This year, we added in a second camping trip with some other friends, too. We all had a really good time! The location was in Wisconsin, and it was very peaceful, woodsy, and beautiful. Just what camping should be!

On our way

We arrived on Saturday morning and started the fun right away with some digging in the dirt, bags, and water play.

Group photo

Yes, of course we bribed them to sit still!

We headed to the park a little later and flew a really neat kite--with almost no wind. Some of the parents "flew" the kite around by running. The kids loved chasing it.

Photo courtesy of CM

After dinner, the boys (all seven of them) joined together for the cutest bug hunt ever. There were flashlights, screams of joy, daddy long-legs, and lots of laughter from the adults.

Photo courtesy of CM
 

We ended the night with some awesome glow-in-the-dark bubbles, glow sticks, and s'mores, of course. No camping trip is complete without them!

The next morning we packed up and headed out pretty early. We decided to extend our trip a bit by stopping at Lake Geneva on the way home. We hit the beach and Joel had a blast in the sand and water.

Any mini-vacation of mine has to include food, so we stopped at one of our favorite restaurants by the water and had some ice cream before we left.

We had a great time and hope to make this a summer tradition!