Camping Trip

This past weekend we traveled to Cook Forest to camp with Grandma and Grandpa B, Aunt Michelle, Uncle Bill, Aunt Laura, and Connor. It was fantastic! Chloe and April both did great (well, I guess everyone was a little crabby the last day, but it was alright) and we had lots of things to keep us busy.

Got to keep the babies warm at night! Chloe had these very appropriate camo-jammies from Uncle Paul to keep her cozy:

and Connor looked too cute in his little hat:

Friday we set out (minus Laura and Connor because of naptime) for a hike through the woods and an attempt to find Longfellow....the tallest tree in the forest:

Bill thought this might be Longfellow:

Family of Four! :)

All the trees were huge - look at the roots of this one that had fallen! And, it's about as wide as Chloe is tall!!

Back at camp in the afternoon we headed to the pool....and hung out with these goofy people:

Saturday morning brought another trip to the forest to visit the Fire Tower and scenic overlook. Here's a picture with some perspective: Kevin and Bill are standing at the bottom of the tower (Kevin has a bright green shirt on).....it's really tall:

Family of Four at the scenic overlook:

Bill the daredevil at the scenic overlook:

and....he just had to climb down here....so that he could say he was stuck between a rock and a hard place.... :)

we also visited a swinging/bouncing/swaying/scary bridge:

and then of course, spent the afternoon at the pool :) We were really roughing it :)

Saturday evening the campground hosted a birthday party for Smoky Bear (he turned 61). Guess who HATED the bear?

In case you can't tell in the picture, let's zoom in:

she's screaming and crying because she's getting to close.....um, yeah....and Connor was right behind her with a huge grin on his face :)

We each got our picture taken with Smoky: