the end of the season

over labor day weekend we loaded up

the camper and the kids and went down to the lake.

i told brette way too early in the week about

our plans so every morning we had a talk

about how much longer until she got to go camping.

next time, i'm telling her the day before. 

it was amazing weather.

a little chilly at night, 

hot during the day.

perfect for evenings around the campfire

and afternoons on the boat. 

i could tell a big difference in reid since we had 

gone last over memorial day weekend.

it's crazy how much she has changed in 

just three months.

every time we go, i think it gets a little bit easier. 

i'm still running around taking girls to the bathroom,

making drinks and trying to inforce nap time,

but there's a lot of freedom when we go camping too.

not to mention, that the girls still go to bed around 8:30

when we're out there, so ronnie and i have 

the rest of the night to hang out and have some adult time.

(aka - drinking beer around the fire)

we also played the most fun game,

i'm ordering it online because when I went to Wal-Mart

(yes, I actually went inside for this thing)

they were all sold out, but I found it on amazon.

it's called "spike it" - pictured below.

so fun.

go buy it.

the second day, i went out with another family on their boat

because when everyone else left, reid was still sleeping. 

they go tubing a lot and i'm trying to talk

brette into trying it.

i finally negotiated her going, as long as me, ronnie and reid all went too.

by the time i got her convinced we were ready to go home

for the days and we were going to try it out the next day, but i 

never made it back over to their boat. 

its my new mission next summer to get the girls on the tube.

i know reid we absolutely love it - - she's going

to be my little daredevil.

it was such a nice weekend.

i know i complain about campering a lot,

because it IS a lot of work too, but

we end up having a lot of fun and the girls

love it so much, i'm almost sad to see the season end.

until next year... 

and this is not campering but i just love the pic.