Back to Nature...

This last weekend we headed up to Yuba Lake for some R&R. By 'R&R' I mean camping & fishing. Which isn't really 'R&R' for the mom-but you know what I mean! :0) Danny went fishing there last weekend & caught some awesome Northern Pike & he couldn't wait to go back so we decided to brave our first camping trip with the kids. I got thinking & the last time we went camping was the weekend we found out we were prego with Ave-over 5 years ago! So it was a much overdue activity. It just seemed like we either had a newborn or I was prego so we never got around to it.

But anyway-we were very excited to go. We went with Danny's brother Ryan & his family, & Danny's dad Dale even came up & 'roughed it' with us. Shannon wasn't quite as excited as I was to 'tent' it-but I think she survived! :O) The camp ground was awesome-there were bathrooms & showers right by us. So convienent! I was a little hesitant to take OJO since he is in that 'get into everything' stage-I knew I would spend my weekend fishing him out of the lake & trying to keep him away from the fire. Luckily my awesome sister Alesha is home for the summer & said she would come stay at our house & watch him for us. Great! It was so fun to get to concentrate on just the girls. We had a great time- going for walks by the water, throwing rocks in the water, fishing, climbing trees, looking for snakes, making Smores & just getting back to nature. The girls slept really well & thought is was 'so totally cool' to be sleeping in a tent. The whole thing went even better than I had hoped. We did get rained on saturday morning so we packed up & drove in to Scipio to see my Aunt & Uncle. My Uncle Randy was the best! He delighted the kids with horse rides which I thought Averee would chicken out of-but nope. She loved it too! The kids are still talking about going camping & horse riding again. I hope they realize that we can't ride horses everytime we go camping! Although I would love that! I even rode my Uncle Randy's horse for a sec & it felt great to get back in the saddle. I hadn't ridin' for years! Thanks again Uncle Randy! Here are some pics from the weekend...We found 2 snakes right when we got to our site-the girls weren't even scared! They wanted to hold it & touch it. Plus, they kept looking for more the whole weekend!Adelyn & Megan hangin' out in a nearby treeThe kids also got in some much needed arts & crafts time

With our first official camping trip under our belt we can't wait to go again! Hopefully we go several more times this summer...& I guess OJO can come next time! :0) We all really missed him & I know he would love it. So here is to a summer full of camping!