Tuesday, September 2, 2008

good bye summer....


what an absolutely beautiful weekend!!! we had a most excellent time camping with all of our friends. it was so good to be together again and reminice about "the good old days".....some stories never get old! Now that our kids are getting a little older (well, at least some of them), it's getting so much easier and way more fun! We are able to do more hiking, fishing, take longer bike rides, go exploring more etc. The kids enjoy being able to walk through our "block" of campsights and play with the other kids, and they are old enough to just take off on there bikes with no worries. Favorites of the trip.....
austin- hiking in the woods
sydney- catching 2 fish
dylan- splashing in the lake
stella- not being put down for 3 days straight :)
tim- being able to sneak up on the deer in the woods
me- watching the kids and everyone have such a great time.... it was very refreshing


stella still loves the sling even though she oozes out of it


stella liked splashing in the water in the "small lake"

sydney's first fish!




catching seeweed





kevin the "manny"



taking a bike ride to get stella to sleep :)


i heart ludington....see you next labor day!

5 comments:

MiniMe Mom said...

Looks like so much fun, Nat. Although when I viewed your pop-up and thought of six people dwelling inside, I was a bit leary.

Jen said...

Hey Nat! CUTE little ones you've got there. Austin looks EXACTLY like you~as if you've never heard that before! Love love love the name Stella. My dumb brother ruined it for us by naming his dog Stella. :-(

Unknown said...

Looks like you had tons of fun. We have to set up a time to camp with the small group next year.

Expressly Esther said...

This whole blog thing intrigues me. I love reading your posts and just love seeing the pics of the kids. I love the one of Tim and Sydney on the pier. I look forward to reading many more.

kkoois said...

cute! and "kevin the manny" cracked me up.