First Camping Trip

We have wanted to go camping with the kids for the past few years, but due to my health (herniated disc in my neck 2 years ago) and the cat's health (she got in a fight with the neighbor dog last summer and was on kitty bedrest for way too long and we couldn't leave her) it just didn't happen. BUT... this summer... we did it! We just got home from a super fun weekend camping on the Clackamas River. It was a wet weekend, raining off and on the whole time, but the kids knew no different and had a ball anyway! They are already asking to go again!


Here's a photo montage from our trip.

 

 Our campsite was big and perfect for all of our stuff.

The kids hung out in their tent and explored while Doug and I set up the rest of camp.

 

The kids enjoyed the water pump!

In Big Stick Heaven!!

The beautiful river was fun to explore too!

Love these three!

He is all boy... making a "laser gun" with a piece of wood!

The evening was spent eating roasted marshmallows, being silly, riding bikes, playing games, and enjoying the camp fire.

They rode and rode and rode around the campground and loved it!

Quirkle was a hit all weekend!

I honestly wasn't sure how they would do in their own tent.. but they did great and slept all night without a peep.. both nights!

Daddy making a fire in the misty morning air. He takes such good care of us!

Morning glories... :)

This is "Chippy", a chipmunk who frequented our campsite. He was a cutie and the kids thought he was the sweetest thing. 

Doug helped the kids make "sailboats"  out of big sticks and big leaves

They put them in the water and watched the go downstream.

Starting off on our hike!

We hiked for a good hour... the kids did great and loved seeing the beautiful outdoors!

They were pretty excited to be done with the hike too....haha!

More exploring was done that evening and after another good night's sleep we packed up and headed home. The kids wished we could have stayed longer and I think Doug and I wished that, too. We are excited that they love camping and look forward to more camping this summer and in the years to come!