Ahhhh, The Joys of Camping!

Last weekend we enjoyed ourselves a nice peaceful weekend of camping and fishing at Creekside Park near Bishop, CA. We all had so much fun and made some pretty cool memories. Great friends make Great Times!

S'MORES

Axton enjoying roasting marshmallows for the first time with his Dad. Too bad Mom and Dad are mean and would never dream of letting an 11 month old baby eat a marshmallow!

Oh yum! The girls and Luca loved them so much they couldn't even keep them in their mouth. It ended up all over their faces.

Really Luca, you don't have to try to get the whole thing in your mouth at once.

Hayden's 7th Birthday. . .camping style

Hayden had a very special pine cone with a candle on it for his birthday celebration. You have to love creative people.

And the Funniest Moment of the entire trip. . .

. . .the tent giving BIRTH!

CREEK FISHING

Luca caught his first fish all by himself. He baited his hook, casted the line and reeled the fish in completely on his own. He was so excited about his little fish. It was entertaining to watch Luca fish. He did almost everything by himself, but he was pretty good at getting his line stuck on branches in the water. He would always bait his own hook. Every time he'd lose his bait he knew he had a "BITE". Realistically, I think the water ate more of his bait than the fish did. . .but SHHHH, don't tell him.

Typical little boys. . .who knew playing with dead fish could be so much fun?

This is what was left of Luca's fish after it was filleted.

Acacia even enjoyed fishing. She loved to reel in the line, thinking just about every time she caught something. She never did catch a fish, but she was proud to hold 'em up like she had.

HIKING

The boys really enjoyed hiking and trying to find hidden treasures. (aka: geocache) They were pretty good at making their own trails through the brush.

The happy little camper getting ready for a hike with Dad. That backpack was the best garage sale find ever!

Axton Xane. . .all tuckered out.

GIRLIE GIRLS

Acacia and Brooklyn did just about everything together. They had so much fun and enjoyed every minute of playing in the dirt, fishing, taking care of their pretend babies and even setting the camping chairs up as cars pretending they were driving down the street with their babies. It was too too precious.

Here they are taking turns holding the baby (bear) and being the Mommy. The girls definitely benefited when Leah had to go to the doctor for pink eye. She came back with a teddy bear that Acacia and Brooklyn adopted as their own. I'm pretty sure Leah never even got to touch the little bear.

These little "BESTIES" were finally taking a break. Perhaps they were tired from all the rock collecting and making of "dirt soup". It was not uncommon for them to have pockets full of little rocks. Who says little girls can't play in the dirt?