CAMPING FUN!

Where in the heck have I been?

I swear I updated more recently than like 10 days ago. That is strange... oh well. Here we are going into another three day weekend! YAY! CAN'T WAIT! Last weekend was a self imposed three day weekend and NEXT weekend will be as well... throw in a little three day work week between the next two and you have got some happy campers on your hands.

Speaking of happy campers... that is exactly what we were last weekend when we went camping with a big group from church! (WOW - that was an EXCELLENT transition if I do say so myself!)

We ventured up to Somerset Beach Camp Friday afternoon and enjoyed a great weekend of fellowship, meeting new friends, worship and family time. It was GREAT! Both Nathan and I did a lot of church camping as children so to be able to bring Logan up the same way is very exciting for us.

It was difficult for us to explain to Logan that he wasn't allowed to drive the RV. But it did keep him entertained while we loaded... and while we were there... and while we packed up to leave. The kid loves to be a "driver" as he says. He'll yell back, "I drivin I drivin!" Here he is after swiping Daddy's glasses off the dashboard. (And ultimately later in the weekend he broke Daddy's glasses... oops! note to daddy.... find a better place to put them!)

He was a great help loading up the RV too. He made sure he grabbed his "babies" (two blue bears) and his "blankies" (three different blankets) and carried/dragged them through the garage and driveway to get them on the RV. Oh and let's not forget the size 12 month hat he insisted on wearing.

All ready to go... strapped in, shades, ill-fitting hat, vanilla wafers and snow boots (on the wrong feet)... can't forget the snowboots for AUGUST camping!

It didn't take long before he was OUT for the count! He looked so uncomfortable I crawled back there and rigged his babies under his head for support.

Friday night was a pretty low key evening and we had campfire pizza made in cast iron cookers you stick right in the coals. SOOO yummy. I didn't think Logan would enjoy them, but he kept saying, "YUMMY pizza!" so I guess he liked it.

After dinner we ventured down near the beach where we had some ice cream! YUM! We had tried going swimming earlier, but Logan took one step in and said, "ewwwww... stinky!" and walked out. So that was that. He has only ever swam in pools so I think that may have something to do with it.

Nathan was apparently disappointed that we didn't have smores after Logan went to bed. So he took it upon himself to bring all the makings with him... into BED. Yeah... no melted marshmellows though - he ate them "raw" and made a HUGE mess of crumbs in the bed. He ultimately admitted it was not one of his better thought out plans.

Saturday we had a WONDERFUL breakfast with the whole group and then took to family nap time since we were all quite tired after Logan's 5:55 am wake up call! GOOD GOSH! Then we had a big potluck dinner and headed over to the campfire for some singing. Logan is starting to try and sing now and it is the cutest dang thing you'll ever hear so he was LOVING music time. he was in a trance, but I managed to convince him to smile for a picture. Talk about enthusiastic!

One of the campers brought their Harley and Logan was all about the "cycle" so Mr. Ford was nice enough to let him try on the helmet!

Again - we had to convince Logan he couldn't drive the RV home... this time in his own sunglasses.

It was a great time had by all. Logan was a hit with people and seemed to love all the attention. We can't wait to go back again next year!