Fall Camping

We walked around Lake Mary for a bit. It was really cold and windy, so it didn't last too long!

This was the funniest thing of the weekend. The boys made a "ride" out of one of the fallen pine trees. Eli could ride it the best since he was the lightest. They bounced up and down. It was pretty springy!

It's our camping tradition to bring a puzzle to work on. Jeremy and Andrew are my puzzle boys. They both love them. The rest of us ... well we find a piece or two and that's good enough!

We cooked all of our meals in the dutch oven. It was so much fun! They all turned out pretty good. One of our desserts was too gooey and chocolaty, but the peach cobbler was yummy!

Poor Ethan. The jeans I bought him in January don't even come close to fitting him! Did he really grow that much??? I have to buy him some new ones before it gets cold enough to need them. He had some serious highwaters going on!

My boys.

We took a walk out to the middle of the lake in all the old marsh reeds.

Ethan was reading the information about Stoneman Lake to Eli. I think the sign is outdated. There was no water and definitely no fish! Not sure how long it has been dry, but it seemed like a while. The boys were a bit disappointed there was no water, so we headed out to find a "real" lake.

What can be more exciting for little boys than poking sticks in the fire?

Eli was tired of walking, so Ethan said he would carry him the whole way back. I think it lasted about 100 feet or so. Nice of him to offer though!

Eli found a dandelion to make a wish on.

We try and go camping over fall break every year. We missed last year, so we were extra excited to go this year. We went up by Stoneman Lake. It was beautiful up there, but very cold! I figured it would be nice and cool, but wasn't expecting to freeze. We had fun making campfires and talking walks. Unfortunately, Ethan and Eli got sick the second night we were there. We packed up early the next morning to head home. No fun camping for them. Emma had come down with a fever by the time we got home. Our trip was short, but we enjoyed spending time together in the forest.