Camping and Layla's First Birthday Party

We went camping over the weekend and had a great time! I was a little nervous how Layla would do, but she (and all the other kiddos) did great! They all napped well and slept through the night. Joe, Layla and I went Thursday night with Darrell, Lindsey, and Jonathan and then everyone else came Friday night. Thursday night was COLD so I didn't sleep well, but part of it I think was because I was worried that Layla was cold. I think she was fine--she had two sleepers on, leggings, a long sleeved onesie, her sleepsak and blankets on, and we have a heater, so I think she was okay:-). I just didn't have enough clothes on! I learned to dress warmer for the remainder of trip, plus it wasn't as cold, so I slept fine the next two nights.

Layla and Jonathan about to enjoy breakfast Friday morning...


Layla enjoying a snack in her "new" chair. It may not be the cutest chair, but I found it for $3 at a garage sale the week before we went camping, so it ended up working great!



Lindsey, Jonathan and Layla enjoying their Mickey grilled cheeses Friday for lunch (we used my Mickey waffle iron to make them--Darrell and Joe were gone fishing so it was just easier to make them using electricity:D)...



Friday afternoon we walked to the park. Both kids had fun although Jonathan was able to enjoy himself a bit more since he can walk! Layla just got picked on by older non-supervised children that were playing there:-(.


I think this was Layla's first time going down a slide...



We got this screened tent for the kids to play in and it ended up working out great. We'd just stick them in there and go off and do our own thing. Just kidding:-). We supervised them to make sure there weren't any fights or any escapees. The tent was nice because for the crawlers it helped keep them clean--sort of--they still ended up quite dirty as did the toys! Good thing they were pretty much all garage sale finds:-) (the toys not the kids!).

I think this one is funny of Layla and Jonathan about leaning on each other...

Wearing matching tops (Gap for their mommies and camo for their daddies:D)...

Working together in the kitchen...

Our mommies are funny!! (Elv was allowed in the kid tent too:D)

Such loving little buddies grabbing hands...

Daddy and Layla...

Saturday we went for a quick walk with Brad, Jill and Ella out to the beach. Ella enjoyed the walk so much she slept the whole time!

Saturday night we celebrated Layla's birthday with a Tropical Minnie Mouse theme. This isn't the best family pic since Layla isn't looking and it's missing Elv, but it's the only one we got.

Curt, Jamie and Alden...

Jill, Brad and Ella in their tropical apparel....

Lindsey, Darrell and Jonathan in their Hawaiian garb...

Drew, Jane, Kali and Mason...

Joe and Elv...

The cooks...Joe and Darrell...

Layla at the head of the table for her party:-)...

Joe and the 1st Birthday Girl...

Getting ready to sing to the birthday girl...

She wasn't so sure what to think of all the attention and a cupcake sitting infront of her, but eventually started eating it...just not the whole thing.

Not quite as messy as some kid's cake pics:-)...

We had a great time camping with kids and are even talking about doing it again towards the end of summer. I thought it'd be a lot more work taking kids with, and it was, but it was worth it! I'd recommend it to anyone considering it:-).