October 5, 2008

Camping is a past time, present time, and future time for our family. Jerry and I have gone camping together since we've been together, but since we've had children, we've kind of put it on the back burner. Our kind of camping the last 3 years have been going to my parent's cottage and sleeping in their motor home. This weekend we decided to rough-it. Ok, maybe not rough-it like Jerry and I used to do before kids, but it was roughing-it as much as we can with 3 kids.

So, it really wasn't as bad as I make it sound...my parents were there, my brother and his fiance' were there, and we all slept in the motor home with heat, water, and beds. But we were actually at a campground.

We went to Pentwater State Park, right on Lake Michigan. The weather was perfect, a little cool, but sunny with a slight breeze. Once the sun started going down a little the air cooled right off, but we had a camp fire of course, so that warmed us up.

Ally loved the slide. She kept going up and coming down, and going up and coming down. She could have slid all day!We took a walk on the beach and made the girls sit on the log for a picture. They're so excited about it, as you can see.Grandma bought Ally a Mickey Mouse kite. The weather was so perfect for flying a kite. She loved it and the $2 kite flew like the wind and was a HUGE hit for a 3 year old.Amy and Paul had a kite too. The girls loved watching them fly it too. They kept going after it, but of course it was a little more dangerous when it came crashing down. Don't worry, they stayed safe the whole time.

The girls loved camping and we plan to do more of it, next year...not anymore this year. Fall weather is just not my kind of camping weather. It's a little too chilly for me...and Lauren and Olivia too!The whole family! Amazing that we're all looking in the right direction.