Camping

Dear Kate and Riley,
Last weekend we had our first family camping trip! It was something we've been talking about doing for a long time but always seemed to have a good excuse (pregnant or new baby) not to. But when our neighbors decided to plan a trip we figured we couldn't pass it up. We headed up by Malibu to Point Mugu with the Taylors and the Massies. We had a lot of fun even though Brady didn't seem to be a fan of sleeping in the tent at night. But Zach loved rolling in the dirt and we found out that getting to pee in the bushes did wonders to help with potty training. We made s'mores, threw rocks in the ocean, hunted for treasure, sang and played guitar and played in the blow up pool. We can't wait to do it again!

We were lucky to borrow a big tent from the Taylors which could hold the air mattress and the pack and play, hey I'm not into roughing it too much!

Dan and Jeremy took out the kayaks but it was too cold for anyone else to attempt!

I have this picture as the background on my computer except its Zach in the same outfit. With the hoodie and the binkie they really look a lot alike. Their differences really lie in the lips and the ears.

We found out the BOB can actually serve as a triple stroller (might come in handy some day!)

The last clean picture!

Corn on the cob!

L went to town on the ribs!

Loving the fire, notice the potty in the background, we can't go anywhere without it right now!

Sunset with (as Zach has dubbed him) the Braderator

Love those blue eyes. It actually got pretty chilly at night!

S'mores!

Dad's genius contribution to the trip, take a reeses, melt it on the graham cracker and then make your s'more, it was a bite of heaven I tell you!

We had such varieties we all had to have multiple s'mores

Dan's metal detector was a hit. The kids would dig for him. They found lots of bottle caps and a few coins.

Since the ocean was super cold we made our own little oasis and it was perfect!

Zach doing his own marshmallows and "Crazy Dan" with the hatchet in the background.

Summer has flown by. I can't believe its almost over and we'll be back to more of a schedule soon. I can't decide if I'm so sad or a little relieved!

Love,
Mom