Family Camping

Over the weekend we went camping with my side of the family. We were at a park in Palo, Iowa. We got there Friday evening and stayed until Sunday afternoon. On Saturday after lunch we went swimming. It was a great little beach and lake. It was not very deep but that made it great for the kids and more relaxing for all of us.

Judson LOVED the sand, and playing with his cousins in the sand. I did actually get him in the water too. The first time I slipped in a whole in the ground so I splashed us both pretty good and he did not like that at all!! But later I took him out again and he was splashing people and having a great time. It was so fun to have him out in the water and enjoying himself. But he did not last to long, he really wanted to play in the sand again. :)

After swimming we went back to our camp site and had a little snack.

Here are some pictures of all of the family.

My brother in law Bill got a hold of my camera and these are some of the pictures that he took.

Maddy eating some chips.

Ryan, probably not even knowing that his picture was being taken.

Bill so proud of himself for taking the camera and getting all these pictures!

Judson's make shift highchair. It actually worked pretty well for the weekend.

The boys, Cole and Will, had a great time riding their bikes all over the park. They road around our campsite a lot and then road on many trails with Grandpa and their dad too. In these pictures Cole got the bike stuck in a hole, he thought it was pretty funny!

Judson loves all of his cousins but especially Will and Cole. These pictures were taken right before we left. He was so funny when it was time to say bye. He would give everyone hugs because he was asked too, but kept wanting to give Will and Cole hugs and was so excited every time!

Judson and I looked through these pictures today and when we got to these he got SO excited!! It is so cute how much he loves these boys!

It was a great weekend, though I am very tired now. It was a lot of work to chase a 16 month old around a camp ground!! He is worn out too though from his late nights, early mornings and lack of naps. I am so glad that he is sleeping well today!!