To bring our summer to a relaxing but fun end Joe and I loaded up our sweet bunch and headed on a week and a half camping trip which ended at our usual Labor Day camping location.
It was wonderfully relaxing as we stayed close to home so Joe was still able to keep up with his work load while kicking back at the same time. It was a great way to celebrate summer one last time before we started back to school….which we did on the Wednesday after Labor Day, and we hit the ground running! I can’t believe I have a 7th grader! Where has the time gone???? Wait a minute…I can’t believe I have a 7th grader, a fifth grader, a second grader, a kindergartener, a preschooler, and an infant! Where did all these kids come from anyway:) It definitely makes things interesting. 2 weeks in and London hasn’t lost her interest to “do school” like the other kids.
Well, enough about school, here are a few shots of my favorite 7!
Everyone needs one of these…a built in Mother’s helper! My kids are GREAT with their new sister. I can always count on the older 3 to keep her happy when I need just a minute more to finish what I’m doing.
This is my little buddy these days. She sure brought a lot of smiles to the adjacent retirees camping in the campground.
Holland just keeps on going,…fishing, swimming, playground, biking, and then do it all again. She also helped me trek back and forth to the laundry with our heaping baskets, and stuck around to fold it with me!!!!
Off to the little lake for a swim…we ended up staying there all day. It was only a stone’s throw from our camper.
Lake water….eewww! Actually was nice and sandy on the bottom, mom and dad even joined them:)
Man I love my kids.
A little mud fight in the lake…still washing the sand out of their hair.
Ireland and I watched all the fun.
One smiley girl!
This playground had several unique activities including this rope contraption.
I even participated in the fun…my feet actually left the ground, the kids loved it!
Ropes were a little short for London.
A different version of the traditional merry-go-round.
Look mom, I can stand up on the merry-go-round…
This game was a lot of fun as well. I played with the kids, they didn’t know their mom was so competitive:)
I couldn’t leave out a snapshot of Joe starting a fire. If you camp you know that this is one of the foundations of camping.
They had a small hiking trail, just enough for London’s little legs and our arms after walking the “puppy”.
True gentlemen.
Jackson’s bass…did some fishing throughout the trip. Between the whole bunch they caught a bass, a sunfish, a bluegill, and a turtle.
Draft day…while there we drafted for our Colvin Family fantasy football league. I’ll keep you posted.
This was about the ONLY picture that I took at MCSC, our Labor Day weekend camp spot. Once we arrived the kids found their friends and were not to be seen again until bedtime, and of course when it was time to leave. It was a great weekend spent with friends. Here is a snake that was found in the woods. The kids often disappear into the woods and we’re never sure what they’ll find. The big find of this particular year was actually salamanders…they were everywhere.
So that about sums it up. We decided (or maybe I decided:)) that we need to do this more often.
