Twin Harbors State Park

We spent Memorial Day weekend working up at Grandma and Papa H's house so Daddy and I decided we should go camping.  We only had the weekend to go so we decided to try tent camping, for the first time in about 6 years.  We watched the weather and made the final decision to go Thursday night.  We wanted to go to the beach so we looked at the different campgrounds and decided to try Twin Harbors State Park.  

 When we got there we set up tents as quickly as possible and headed down to the beach just in time for sunset!

 Of course the boys immediately headed to the water and had to change pants as soon as we got back to camp.

Kayda was perfectly happy just watching with Mom. 

 It ended up being beautiful weather. It was a little windy, just enough for kites.  We set up a little wind sheltering umbrella so we had someplace to get out of the wind and we were able to stay comfortably on the beach for hours at a time.

 Saturday morning Kayda only had eyes for the kites.  She flew the standard kite and got bored, so we pulled out the "sport" kite we got in Lincoln city almost three years ago.  It was tough figuring it out but the kids all loved it!

 Finally I convinced her to go in the water with me.  Then I almost immediately got out so I could get the camera and take pictures!  She didn't notice though.

 Some of my friends from college (Jesse and Kala) and their two kids (Madison and Ryann)  came to visit.  The kids all had a great time playing together!

 This morning we ate breakfast and headed to the beach until lunch.  We wanted to put off coming home as long as possible.  Of course, as soon as we got home the kids got in the pool.  One body of water to another!

We were sitting up on the beach waiting for the water to get us.  

 Most of the time it was just a little... and then this happened!  The boys thought it was hilarious so we immediately sat right back down to do it again. 

It ended up being a great weekend.  We will definitely be doing it more this summer.  We love the trailer but it's definitely a great option to be able to tent camp when it's short notice!

Winter Break Shenanigans 2

We have been having quite the winter break.  We worked hard to make sure we all had a great time. 

 This is just a random picture.  Daddy went to check on the kiddos and found Kayda helping Carson play.  She would reach around and help Carson with the controls.  She is such a sweet big sister; especially how often Carson tells her he doesn't like her.

 Monday we went sledding.  We went back up to the road we went to earlier in break with sleds in tow.  We had a magnificent time!  There was already a trail going up so we turned that into our sled run and made a path next to it so that Daddy and I wouldn't make pits on the sledding trail.  The kids did great.  There were no complaints about walking up the hill or being cold.  It turned out to be sunny so we actually ended up taking off our coats and wandering around in t-shirts.

 Kayda decided to walk off the trail and the snow was too deep, she fell and had issues getting up.  Carson also fell and couldn't get up, Daddy had to pull him out of the snow.

 Our sledding hill.  We could've created a mound along that corner at the top and started up even higher but the kids were happy with the hill we used.

 Hank was hilarious.  He'd walk up the hill and then follow us down!

 Kayda decided to try going down on her stomach.  As soon as she got going the sled flipped around so she went down backwards instead!

 Beautiful Day!

 This time Kayda went down Hank was standing with me about midway.  When she got close he jumped out in front of her and started running.  When he realized she was getting REALLY close he started running with his back legs tucked up under his body.  She ended up bumping him and he got off to the side safely.

 We had lots of snow so we decided to build snow forts for a snowball fight.  It was girls versus boys.  Daddy's snow fort went much quicker.  The kids had a great time deciding on rules and then of course chucking snow at each other.

 Time to break them down!

 Dillon and I got ourselves buried in the snow!

 As we were getting in the car to leave it was just getting close to sun down. It was absolutely beautiful!

 Wednesday we went to one of the jump zones with our "summer friends" Jen, Rene, Ryan and Ethan.  Kayda and Dillon both rocked out this rock wall in no time at all.

 Carson opted for the trampoline bungee.  He wouldn't do anything but jump straight up and down but he loved it!  I wish this picture wasn't so blurry.  He was just moving too fast for the phone's camera.

 Thursday we met my friends from college and their two kids (Jesse, Kala, Rian and Madison) at the children's museum.  It was a special event for New Year's Eve.  My three ended up sticking together and playing a lot more than they did with the friends.  They had a great time exploring everything and Kayda especially loved all the extra activities and experiments.

 Watching liquid Nitrogen!  They froze a roze and deflated a balloon.

 The photo booth

 Fire fighter dress up

 Our own little cop

 This year was the second time we let kids stay up for New Years.  Carson was excited about the fireworks going off, so he and daddy went driving looking for them, with a lot of success  because our town loves fireworks.   Carson made it until 11:30.

Kayda, Dillon and Tido made it to see the fireworks. This was Tido's first year.