First Camping Trip

David and I both camped a lot growing up, so it was very surprising that we waited so long to take our girls camping. We went with Davids family, but went up a night early to save our spot. It's a good thing we did because the campground we wanted was full and we had to go up a few campgrounds to find a spot...on a Thursday night! Good thing David doesn't have to work Fridays or we would have had a ton of trouble finding a spot. We got up there in time to set up camp before it got dark, but that was about it. So we started a fire and made smores. We had time to take a few pictures while we did it. (By a few, I mean a LOT I just only put a few on here)

The girls didn't have a very good night. They woke up many times scared because they didn't know where they were. None of us got a whole lot of sleep. Because of this, David and I decided we would stay until 11 and then go home and sleep and come back in the morning.

The girls had fun digging in the dirt, exploring the bugs and bushes and throwing rocks in the river.

While we were at the river, daddy caught a snake. Kadence loved it...Shelby hated it! Kadence ended up naming it Cinderella. She loved touching it and letting it wrap around her little fingers.

We put it in a bottle so that the girls could show it to grandma and grandpa later that day. Shelby was ok with it when it was in the bottle and even sang it "Rockabye Baby" to help it go to sleep.

Grandma and Grandpa brought tons of activities to help entertain the girls and I think Grandpa was as excited as the girls!

We went home that first night and woke the girls up the next morning to drive up to camp. Right outside the entrance to camp, Shelby threw up EVERYwhere. We luckily were close to camp and could clean her up. We stayed and quickly ate breakfast and then went back home to let Shelby sleep and see if she could handle food. (I don't like to risk getting anyone else sick) She slept for 4 hours and woke up just fine. We think she just got heat exhaustion or something that made her sick. We drove back up in time for dinner, games, and smores.

Jason, Sage, Mika, and Kadence

The girls would stand on the camper steps and sing for us

Jeff teaching Bella to dance

Jeff holding Mika

Curtis, Kadence, Sage and Jason playing cards

Shelby must have thought her water was too heavy to lift because she just rested it on the table

Jeff and Kadence

Sage and Shelby

Silly faces!

Silly faces!

Tongues!

Kadence and mommy!

Curtis and Shelby

We had a lot of fun despite all our plans going wrong. We are planning on going for an overnighter sometime in August. We think the girls did ok for the first night, but missed out on too much sleep to do it 3 nights in a row. We want our girls to learn to camp and enjoy nature so hopefully they will do better on the next trip.