A few favorite moments:
- Just as we're getting ready to make a fire and grill up our hot dogs , a huge thunderstorm rolls in. do we tough it out? no way. Pack the kids in the car and head in to town for a great Mexican dinner and some shoe shopping.
- Making a camp fire (finally) and Luke's first real S'more (the other times he claimed he didn't like 'em and just ate the marshmallows plain).
- Trying to get Evie to sleep. She just ran in circles around the tent, laughing hysterically, growling (yes, growling, she thought she was oh-so-funny) and dancing. Then she'd lay her head down and look all innocent whenever you caught her.
- Luke in the morning: "Luke, get dressed, let's go hiking!" "No!! I want to go shoe shopping." (You can't make this up. But yes, he is my boy!)
- Trying to get Evie to sleep. She just ran in circles around the tent, laughing hysterically, growling (yes, growling, she thought she was oh-so-funny) and dancing. Then she'd lay her head down and look all innocent whenever you caught her.
- Luke in the morning: "Luke, get dressed, let's go hiking!" "No!! I want to go shoe shopping." (You can't make this up. But yes, he is my boy!)
Luke with a kind-of normal smile for once
Baloo enjoying a new 'do and a nap in the grass
The end product of tired, hungry baby + 2 oatmeal creme pies 
gorgeous lake
evie practicing her "singing"
The "I'm totally not doing anything naughty" face (please ignore the arm in the fire pit)
Beautiful overlook of the Mississippi River
You've got to be kidding me with the shoe shopping comment by Luke. Love it. Also impressed you stuck it out through the rain, kind of, I would have packed up and headed home. OH tent sleeping with a child under 2 is no fun for anyone.
ReplyDeleteWe still need to go camping. It's been forever since we have. I love all your pics and especially your commentaries (to the pics). You are so interesting to read. You would be a great story teller or writer.
ReplyDeleteLike Kim said, you write just like you talk, so when I'm reading you, it's like I can hear you perfectly in my head. That's really cool and exciting especially for someone that wishes they could hang out with you! Hope you had a happy happy birthday and I'm glad you had a great camping adventure!
ReplyDeleteYou guys are so much fun! Sorry I missed last nights dinner- was so excited to come home to that:( I was happy to get home today. Missed you all while I was gone- lets go play!
ReplyDeleteMexican Dinner in the rain... that's my kind of camping!!
ReplyDeleteYou think she tells great stories, well I get to live these stories and I agree that she tells them wonderfully. Our lives are full of exciting moments that make life more interesting. I am glad Kelly does such a great job recording these stories as they are fun to read over and over. Keep up the good blogs honey!
ReplyDeleteLove the picture of Evie singing. How adorable! Happy belated birthday too! You've joined the "over 30 club" now :-) It's very prestigious!
ReplyDeleteK--you are brave. Actually, it looked like a lot of fun.
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