Camping

Every summer, we go camping with my wife's extended family. It is like a mini reunion. This was our seventh year and it was the best one ever. The weather was perfect. The girls are old enough that they don't need constant care. The food was fantastic, as usual. We all put on a pretty good spread.

It is always a very relaxing week. We tend to do a lot of eating and sleeping. However, we throw in several hikes and spend a considerable amount of time playing in the water down at the creek. All of the physical exertion allows us to eat more. :-)

Here are a few photos of our family during the week long camping trip.

My son and his cousins played a lot of commando type games in the forest. Here is Patrick trying to equip his Nerf Gun with some camouflage.

This is the whole motley crew on the last day of the camping trip.

The girls are starting to ride their bikes more. They still use training wheels, however, so the bikes didn't work out so well on the gravel roads.

The girls are eating dinner with their uncle. Barbecued chicken, cornbread and corn on the cob. Along with other fruits and veggies.

Emily helps clean up by doing the dishes.

Emily and Kaitlyn taking a break down by the creek. We spent every afternoon down at the creek playing in the water.

The girls enjoyed floating around on the alligator with Mom.