End of Summer Camping Trip

Our camping season has sadly come to an end:(. We've had a great summer camping although it was definitely work taking (and packing for) a 2 year old and a baby. This last time especially was a bit more challenging since Gibson just wants to move all over, but we still had a good time! It's been fun watching Layla enjoy camping--she still talks about it and I have to remind her that we can't go again until next summer:).

We went to Oak Grove in Holland (by the beach). It was similar to Sandy Pines in that it had a lot of permanant trailers/mini houses--it wasn't what we expected, but we had a good time! They did have a hot tub that us ladies (except for Jill since she's preggers) got to enjoy for a bit Saturday afternoon so that was nice. Heukers and us came out on Thursday and Coppesses and Konings came out on Friday. Gibson and Layla had colds (as did Maddy and Jonathan), so that made Gibson a bit grumpy, but overall, he didn't do too bad. They slept good which is always a concern of mine with all of us in the same room! Elvis didn't join us this time since Lindsey and me and the kids wanted to go to some garage sales on Friday, but with the storm Friday night, it was probably a good thing he wasn't there (he has some major storm anxiety issues and would not have enjoyed hearing it in the trailer and would have kept us up!).

Jonathan and Layla playing golf with a bat:)...

This is how they say "cheese" :)...

Maddy and Gibs hanging out in their excersaucers...they were handy to keep the babies contained!

Apparently the sky was interesting:)...

Mickey figured out how to peak out of their camper:)...

Snack time!

The babies playing...

Saturday it rained, so we had to make use of Heuker's tent thing...we would have been a lot wetter without it!

Layla loves playing with Kali. It's cute to watch Layla follow Kali around like she thinks she's such a big girl like Kali:)...

Jill and Ella hanging out with Lindsey and Madison...

How many dads does it take to put on a baby's sweatshirt? :)

It was quite muddy!!

Chatting over dinner...

The babies eating together...Gibs' face was as messy at Maddy's, you just can't tell b/c his food was light colored:)...

Being a good big sister by talking to her bro...

The babies staying warm...

Mason, Jonathan, Layla and Kali playing...

Ella and Layla...

Layla's strange "cheese" face again...(Layla is actually not all that short, well, compared to national averages, she just has really tall friends:D)...

Gibs exploring the trailer...it worked well to just keep him in there some of the time so that he could move around--after the rain, it didn't work so well to have them move around in the mud:)...

Lindsey with Jonathan and Madison and me with Layla and Gibson...

Me relaxing with my kiddos...

The kids could enjoy their sidewalk chalk since hardly any cars drove past (and they were very careful to watch for cars coming)...Layla drew that moose--just kidding:), Joe had fun drawing too:)...

Layla has quite the imagination, at home when she colors, she'll draw something that slightly resembles a triangle and will say that she drew a house:).

We had a fun last camping trip and it will be sad to pack up our camper for the winter. It's weird to think about camping next year with an 18 month old and a 3 year old--I'm hoping it'll be less work, but that might be wishful thinking:).