Thursday night us, Heukers and Konings headed up and then Friday night Lucas' joined us. Here is the whole campin' group before heading home on Sunday (unfortunately we didn't think to get one while Jim and Julie were up):
Jill, Brad & Ella, Alden, Curt & Jamie, Joe, Elv, me and Layla, Darrell, Jonathan & Lindsey
We got there around 6pm Thursday night so that we could set up and eat supper before Layla had to go to bed. Thankfully Layla did good again this trip with sticking to her normal night time and nap schedule. She still takes a morning nap and afternoon nap. One of these days we'll drop her morning one, she just doesn't seem quite ready yet. I'm afraid if we do that that her afternoon nap will only be an hour--momma needs more of a break than just one hour a day! :-)
Joe and Layla setting up...
Friday night while Jamie was unpacking their stuff Jill and I decided it'd be cute to put Alden's hair in a pony just like the girls'. He does have nice thick hair, so it worked quite well:-).
For some reason we couldn't get Jonathan's hair to fit in a pony so we tried to get him to wear a headband but he didn't want to keep it on. We might as well do this stuff before they know better:-).
It was slightly hard to get them to all smile nice for the pic:-)...
Making and eating pizza...
The guys + Layla watching the pizza cook over the fire...
Layla and Ella in their matching ponies drinking their matching waters earlier in the day...
More pizza eatin',,,
Enjoying her camping chair...
Our campsite...
Heukers' site (on the right) and Konings' site on the left. Curt and Jamie's tent was on the other side of Konings' camper. We had nice sites--they were bigger than a lot of them and really only had one other campsite surrounding us.
"Do you think we can scale this fence??"
"Let's both make a funny face!"
When we went camping in August we realized how annoying it was with 1 year olds toddling around by a fire, so this time Darrell put chicken wire up around it--definitely made it easier to keep them away from the fire. Although Alden did have one close call leaning on the fence and nearly touching the inside of the fire pit! Thankfully he didn't get burned!!
Enjoying her camping chair...
Our campsite...
Heukers' site (on the right) and Konings' site on the left. Curt and Jamie's tent was on the other side of Konings' camper. We had nice sites--they were bigger than a lot of them and really only had one other campsite surrounding us.
"Do you think we can scale this fence??"
"Let's both make a funny face!"
When we went camping in August we realized how annoying it was with 1 year olds toddling around by a fire, so this time Darrell put chicken wire up around it--definitely made it easier to keep them away from the fire. Although Alden did have one close call leaning on the fence and nearly touching the inside of the fire pit! Thankfully he didn't get burned!!
And Layla got ditched for a boy...she looks upset:-(.
Layla, Jonathan and Ella before Alden arrived...
Elvis and Ella sharing a moment...
We brought the cars again as we did when we went in August...definitely worth taking along!
Joe and Elv having father son bonding...
Ella enjoyed pushing Layla in the car for a bit...
And then she realized that wasn't fair and wanted to switch spots:-)...
Mommy and Layla...(don't mind Layla's socks with shorts--she didn't want dirty feet:D)
Saturday afternoon a friend from Calvin happened to get married in Ludington. I think they only planned the wedding about 6 weeks prior and we booked our campsites a couple of months ago so it was quite a coincidence! Heukers and us only went to the reception as the kids were both napping during the wedding (and already being tired out from a big weekend outdoors probably wouldn't have been a good combination with no afternoon nap!). We didn't know if it'd be best to leave Elv in the trailer or in Darrell's truck with their two dogs and decided to leave him in the truck so that he'd be close by and not be upsetting people at the campground with his barking while we were gone. Thankfully there was music at the reception so you only heard Elv's constant barking when you walked away from the music:-). Otherwise we wouldn't have claimed him as ours:-). I seriously think he barked the entire time. He's a good dog, he just has seperation issues and gets mad when he's left alone. Kaya and Mickey (Heuker's dogs) were in their crate next to him and quiet as can be the whole time--we had been hoping it'd help Elv to have friends next to him but no such luck! Spoiled little boy!
Jim and Julie also came to the wedding and then hung out at the campground with us afterwards. Here's Julie reading to the kids, proof that her and Jim will make great parents--not that we didn't know that before:-). Julie is due really close to Lindsey in March. We can't wait for the three new additions to join our friends this winter!!
Since we missed the wedding, we didn't actually see Johnny and Kishon's little girl, Ava, ride in the wagon, but I thought I'd post this since I didn't have a pic of her with Johnny and Kishon.
Heukers...
Throwers...
Konings...
Lucas'...
Us...
Layla and Jonathan had fun after they ate wandering around. It worked great that the wedding was outside and that there was stuff for them to play on! Layla wondered over to the bride and groom during their first dance and was dancing to the music on the sidelines. Too bad I missed a picture of that. I was too lazy to get off my chair:-).
Again with the laziness, this probably would have been much cuter close up, but I didn't feel like going over there:-).
Layla, Jonathan and Ella before Alden arrived...
Elvis and Ella sharing a moment...
We brought the cars again as we did when we went in August...definitely worth taking along!
Joe and Elv having father son bonding...
Ella enjoyed pushing Layla in the car for a bit...
And then she realized that wasn't fair and wanted to switch spots:-)...
Mommy and Layla...(don't mind Layla's socks with shorts--she didn't want dirty feet:D)
Saturday afternoon a friend from Calvin happened to get married in Ludington. I think they only planned the wedding about 6 weeks prior and we booked our campsites a couple of months ago so it was quite a coincidence! Heukers and us only went to the reception as the kids were both napping during the wedding (and already being tired out from a big weekend outdoors probably wouldn't have been a good combination with no afternoon nap!). We didn't know if it'd be best to leave Elv in the trailer or in Darrell's truck with their two dogs and decided to leave him in the truck so that he'd be close by and not be upsetting people at the campground with his barking while we were gone. Thankfully there was music at the reception so you only heard Elv's constant barking when you walked away from the music:-). Otherwise we wouldn't have claimed him as ours:-). I seriously think he barked the entire time. He's a good dog, he just has seperation issues and gets mad when he's left alone. Kaya and Mickey (Heuker's dogs) were in their crate next to him and quiet as can be the whole time--we had been hoping it'd help Elv to have friends next to him but no such luck! Spoiled little boy!
Jim and Julie also came to the wedding and then hung out at the campground with us afterwards. Here's Julie reading to the kids, proof that her and Jim will make great parents--not that we didn't know that before:-). Julie is due really close to Lindsey in March. We can't wait for the three new additions to join our friends this winter!!
The lovely bride and groom, Kishon and Johnny...
Since we missed the wedding, we didn't actually see Johnny and Kishon's little girl, Ava, ride in the wagon, but I thought I'd post this since I didn't have a pic of her with Johnny and Kishon.
Heukers...
Throwers...
Konings...
Lucas'...
Us...
Layla and Jonathan had fun after they ate wandering around. It worked great that the wedding was outside and that there was stuff for them to play on! Layla wondered over to the bride and groom during their first dance and was dancing to the music on the sidelines. Too bad I missed a picture of that. I was too lazy to get off my chair:-).
Again with the laziness, this probably would have been much cuter close up, but I didn't feel like going over there:-).
When we got back from the wedding we celebrated Ella's first birthday!!!! She'll be one on October 3. She wasn't super happy at first as she didn't really nap the entire trip, but once she tried the cupcakes, she realized how yummy chocolate is and changed her mood quickly:-).
We had a great weekend with perfect camping weather (no rain, not too hot but not cold) and I can't wait to go again next summer! I'm sure it'll be different with a baby, but at least he won't be moving yet!! And hopefully Layla will better understand "stay away from the road" (one time we found her wandering down the road by herself!! It's scary how quick they can wander off!!).
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