Camping

The summer has officially begun and I am enjoying it immensely! One of our favorite things to do as a family is to go camping. Last year we made the big move from tent camping and bought ourselves a tent trailer. This, and the fact that the kids are a bit older now, has made the whole camping experience much more enjoyable! Our first trip this year was to Starved Rock with some friends over Mother's Day weekend. We had an awesome time hiking, getting ice cream at a local restaurant, roasting hotdogs and marshmellows and talking by the fire after the kidos went to sleep. Unfortunately, it started to rain about 11:30 that night and never stopped! We ended up at McDonald's for breakfast and tore everything down in the rain. It's at times like this when you make a decision, how am I going to handle this? Well, we stayed in fairly good spirits and it wasn't so bad. Now it's one of those funny memories that makes life so interesting! A few weeks later, we ended up bringing the whole small group back for a day trip.