Camping October 2012

Once again this past October we continued our annual group camping tradition with some close family friends (see posts for Camping 2010 and Camping 2011).  This year Maddie and Mom joined Dad and Luke in a cabin... which was a really good idea since the first night of the camping weekend was cold and rainy.  Our friends who slept in tents had a pretty miserable first night, but we slept cozy and warm!  The rest of the weekend was beautiful weather and lots of fun.

Kids pose with the traditional camping stick that everyone signs



Luke combs his hair with a sand shovel...hey, we're camping...

Luke and Dad get ready to eat lunch

Maddie and friends sitting on a tree branch

Luke and Mom take a break from playing catch to pose for a picture

Maddie and Luke with their camping journals

The whole crew... 6 kids all looking directly at the camera!

Girlfriends

Going fishing

Luke enjoys some time in the dirt with the toys

Luke pulls Dad in the wagon... sort of

When the sun goes down... the dance party starts!

What else is there to do with the extra worms after fishing?

Luke gives Dad a big camping hug

Although we added an extra day to our camping trip this year, the time still went by too fast.  Next year we're all going back into the tent, which will be Luke's first "real" camping weekend.  Now that Luke is getting older, we can start camping more frequently... we can hardly wait!