Family Campout

We took our kids camping one weekend, just our little family.  We have never gone just us and it was pretty fun.  The kids loved it and were mad when it was time to come home.  They had lots of fun playing in the water.  The water was still running everywhere so there were lots of places where it was really shallow.  The kids had fun running around in the water.

 The nice part about it being so shallow was Elly was able to play in it with out me having to worry about her.

 The boys splashed mud all over her face.  It is kind of hard to tell what is on her face but that is what it is.

 Tyler taking Mason with him to do some exploring.

 Elly fell once so then she thought she was going to fall every time the water got past her ankles.

 Tyler dunking.

 My crazy cute little boys!

 We took the kids for a four wheeler ride the night we got up there but we couldn't go very long because we had to get back and cook dinner.  The kids weren't very happy about that.
Elly in a cool helmet.

 Mason in a helmet.

 Tyler had to wear the girl helmet since it was the biggest.  These to boys would have spent all their time ridding four wheelers if we would have let them.

 All of us getting ready for a ride. Jay is taking the picture.

 We ended up not getting to eat until after dark because we went on the ride so we were a little bit tired.

 Our kid would have lasted forever though.

 If anyone thinks you can't live on chips alone, Elly is here to prove them wrong.  I think it was about all she ate while we were gone.  If you don't believe me just look at her face.

 The next day we took the kids on a long ride.  We packed a lunch and stopped when we found a empty camp site to eat lunch.  After we ate the kids played by the river.  We sent sticks down the river and freed up sticks that were stuck. 

 Drake was great while we were ridding he just slept and when we stopped he woke up and ate.

 Mason pulling faces again at me.

 The kids found a log that had fallen across the river and wanted to get to the other side so we helped them with that.  Elly was the only one that was scared at all.

 While we were freeing the sticks and sending them down the river Mason slipped and got his pants and shoe all wet so he had to strip for a while to let them dry.

When we got back from our ride the kids spent more time in the river. We found some 2x4's that they used for boats and raced them down the river a little ways before they would have to catch them and bring them back.

 This picture is weird because I don't know what happened to Mason's had but it is now where to be found in the picture.

Drake was so good the whole time we were gone.  He took a great nap.

 The boys did some shooting with their BB guns.  They could do that forever too.

 They are both getting to be pretty good shots too.

 Drake got to spend sometime hanging out in his toy.  He is such a happy little boy. 

It was so nice to get away from everything and spend some real time with our kids.  I am glad we took them.  They want to go one more time before it gets to cold, so hopefully we can get that done.