We went camping.
Tent? Oh no, no, no, no, no....we got a camper.
Robby and I took a 14 (15 this week) year old, 10 year old, 9 year old, 4 year old, and a dog out into the deep deep woods, amongst wild animals, where we had to use our keen survival skills to make it through the weekend. Just kidding. We went to a campground at a lake about 40 minutes away from home....and took our Keurig. We did see deer and frogs though. Oh, and Madilyn in a coon hat....that counts as a wild animal, right? Trust me. She's wild.
The little kids caught frogs, hiked through the woods, turned into mermaids in the lake (the kind of graceful mermaids who sling mud from the bottom of the lake at eachother), found crystals (which are what I call rocks), made s'mores by the fire, and mastered rock skipping. Annslie (the oldest) sat in chairs. Seriously, every picture I have of her is of her just sitting in a chair...with her phone. Love her still.
It all felt a little too rushed, but we made the most of the weekend, and we gained memories to store away for years from now when we are all sitting around and someone says "hey, remember the very first time we went camping?".
Behold! Mud slinging mermaids.
Robby in pajama pants. You're welcome, RJ. :)
The rattiest hair in all the land...Both mornings the little kids would wake up and have a little scooter sesh in their jammies.
The kids decided to make their own fire. Annslie even participated in this little activity. This, folks, was the smokiest fire EV-ER. Ever. They said they were sending smoke signals. Which I kinda don't doubt.
As I said, I have several pictures of Annslie sitting in various chairs. They pretty much all looked like this though. 14, going on 15, is rough, y'all.
The thing I love most about our little tribe is that they are truly best friends. They love each other so much, and they make everything an adventure. That's how childhood with siblings should be. I know mine don't realize it now, but they are so blessed to have this bond....and we are so blessed to have these little souls as part of our journey through life.
In other important news, I found "Brothers and Sisters" on Netflix. Man, I loved that show. I have been obsessed with catching back up with The Walkers. It has pretty much made my year.
xoxo
