Cherished Blessings: Family vacation/camping trip

We just got back on Monday around noon from our annual vacation/camping trip. We went about 2 hours South of home. We left Saturday morning and came back Monday, so two nights. The first night is always an adjustment. But the kids did quite well. We got to the campground, set up camp, went to check out the campground (it had a game room and other stuff), got back to camp and started the fire so we could make supper. We roasted hotdogs over the fire, had s'mores, then went swimming to help clean up from the day (our boys like to play in dirt). Got back to camp and got ready for bed. Got up Sunday morning, had breakfast then biked to a town about 4 miles away (half of the way was a dirt/rocky road...not fun) but we made it there and went to a place called "End-O-Line Railroad museum" where we got a tour of old trains and stuff associated with them plus an old church, schoolroom, courtroom, grain mill and the first general store. And then biked back. We made it but it was a very tiring ride up and down hills on the dirt road. We were all pretty exhausted after that trip. When we got back to camp, we started the fire for supper, where I made hobos. They tasted good if I do say so myself. Got some things packed up to be ready for the next morning. Went swimming again, went to bed. We got up Monday morning, broke camp in about an hour, had breakfast and off for home we went. Got home around noon. Then James had to be to work by 2 p.m. One of the funny things about this trip is that before we went, I was like "it should be okay, Brayden isn't rolling over yet, he should sleep good just on a blanket in the tent." And wouldn't you know it, the little sweetheart learned how to roll over during the trip. He still slept good though.

Douglas and Phillip

Our tent, with Brayden and Evan

Douglas and Phillip's tent

Dad and 3 boys

Evan

James relaxin' after our long ride

Phillip after our long ride (he rode in the bike trailer though)

Mommy and her boys

Cookstove in the caboose @ the railroad museum

Sink in caboose

3 boys

An old train Engine, w/ Douglas stainding next to it

Phillip

James, Douglas and Phillip

Brayden while the boys were swimming

Evan, this is the 2nd time we went swimming, the first one, he was so excited that he ran into the water and fell over and injested a lot of water, needless to say he didn't want to go in any further by himself anymore.