Our first Camping Experience

Well, we did it. I'm not sure how well we did it, but the kids had fun and so did we.

We went camping with the Gray family to William O'Brien State Park. No injuries and everyone slept! What more can you ask for? We arrived Friday evening and Gavin took about 5 minutes to look this way...

We set up our tents then got down to business, Making dinner. We had hot dogs over a camp fire, which the kids loved. After dinner we decided to walk the trails they had along the St. Croix River (it separates Minnesota and Wisconsin). Here is Gavin, Anna, Brooklyn & Adam in front of it (Wisconsin is on the other side of the river in the back ground)

After our hike, we made s'mores, sat around the campfire at talked. Then we tried to hang out in the Grays tent for a while, but as BIG as it is, it was too small for all our wild kids. And it was bed time. Everyone fell right asleep. We woke the next morning and Mike made breakfast for all of us. It was Niki's birthday and she had a feast and didn't even have to make it. Thanks again Mike!

We decided to rent canoes for a couple hours, which turned out to be fun, but very frustrating. It's very hard to paddle a canoe, teach a 2 1/2 year old sit down at all times, and steer without tipping over. I got a little frustrated to say the least. We turned our canoe in just as our 2 hour time limit was up. Gladly!



We went back to camp to eat lunch, then went Geo Caching. There was one state hidden cache in the park that we found. Here are some pictures along the way.








Doesn't this look like the flower from Horton Hears a Who?!





After our hike, we packed up and headed home. Brooklyn wanted to stay longer, but I think we had enough for our first time camping. Both the kids fell asleep on the way home. All and all, it was a great trip.