Camping with Small Group

Last week, we had a beautiful week for camping.  The weather was hot.  The company was amazing.  The kids were entertained by friends.  We were camping with our small group from church. 

the boys playing in the water waiting for their friends to arrive.

playing games at the picnic table

Sweet Stella

Connor with his big caught for the week.  The boys didn't have much luck catching any fish.  Between the fish being very smart and the boys putting their own worms on, we went through lots of the worms.  But the boys loved it.

One bummed out fisherman...he didn't catch any fish.

Friday morning the dads took all the kiddos except Ellery (she napped) out for a hike to Devil's soup bowl.

Spending time by the lake playing in the sand.  This was one of many holes dug in the sand.

WOW!!!  what a dirty face.

Crazy Brendan

We took all the kiddos to Sandy's for icecream on Saturday night.  We head all the boys line up for a picture...

and then the girls.  There's way more boys.

So there's just a few of my favorite pictures. I want to say thanks to the Jelsema's, Dieleman's, and Bird's for a wondering week.   I hope you all enjoyed the week as much as we did.

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treasured items from my grandpa and grama geerlings

Camping: the beach and swimming

The boys and their cousins spent lots of time in the water while we were camping; that's one of their favorites things about camping at Gun Lake (mine too, cause the lake is so shallow.)    Here's a few more pictures of the time we spent a the beach and in the water.

 

  

I'm in Love...

with my newest toy; the cricut

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Camping: Fishing

Fishing and Camping go hand in hand.  So while I was packed our trailer and few weeks back I had to buy some extra fishing poles, which actually both broke both their first cast...it would have been easier for me to throw 25 bucks down the toilet.

Anyway, on Thursday morning last week, there was a fishing derby at the lake.  Brendan was soooo excited about fishing...so much so that he was convinced that he was going to win the derby by catching the most fish.  So we headed over to the channel and the fish were waiting for us.  They were patiently waiting for all those worms and hotdogs that a bunch of "know nothing about fishing" parents are putting bait of hooks.

Brendan thought that fishing off the dock would be the best...Mike and the other boys stayed on land and before we knew it, Austin caught his 1st fish, and then another and another. A little bit later Connor had one on his hook, and Austin was reeling in another.  Soon Lucas was loosing interest, so I had Mike help him get a fish on his hook...Brendan still haven't caught one so he moved over by us.

By the end of the derby, Austin had caught 12, Connor 2, Lucas 1, and Brendan 0.  There was a very unhappy big brother at our campsite, especially when Austin came back with his big box of candy because he was on of the top 5 fisherman.

 

during the middle of our fishing, these adorable little ducklings came by the shore...so cute!!!