Memorial Day Weekend

Chris and I love to go camping, so for the Holiday weekend we decided to make it a 4-day weekend and take off work to go camping starting on Thursday. Tim and Julie came up with us Thursday night and stayed until we left on Sunday. Kevin and Chanel came up Thursday night and then went home Friday (I'm not sure why, but I didn't start taking pictures until Friday), and then Brian and Becky came up Friday and went home Saturday. It was a ton of fun! Thursday night was a little crazy because we were halfway there when we saw a sign that said the campground was closed until Friday. So, we decided to continue on and found our own campsite for the night - that was an adventure.

Friday we went to the campground (which appeared to have actually been open on Thursday - grrrr) and set up camp. It didn't take long for Allison to get dirty!
We decided to head down to the lake and enjoy the sun - here's Allison tossing her hair back in the wind.

And before long her head was in the water....yikes!

Cute little Crystal enjoying the grass...

And Julie taking a moment to enjoy her pregnant tummy!

Crystal and Becky....
Okay, so here's the story with this picture - Crystal got into her swimsuit to get wet, but we didn't bring Allison's down, so she just got naked and wanted to swim. We weren't okay with that, so we made her put on the skirt from Crystal's swimsuit in stead of being naked. It was a little better....but it didn't last too long and we made her put her clothes back on.
Back at the camp - Allison's enjoying being out in nature.

The girls sure love Tim!

Isn't she sure cute even when her face is a mess?!?

Cheesy Brian!

Chris chopping up the wood!
On Saturday we decided to go for a little walk in the woods - Brian, Becky and Crystal had to stop for a picture when we saw this gorgeous view.
Allison LOVED riding in the backpack with her dad (good thing that she still fits!)

After we went for a walk, we decided to get changed and let the kids go swimming. It was a beautiful day but the water was FREEZING! Not just a little cold - this is like mountain run-off water that is ridiculously cold. Allison wanted to get in so bad, but she decided the best way to get what she wanted was to make her mommy go in and hold her - so much fun!

Somehow the group convinced Brian and I to get further and further in the water. Man, I don't think I ever got used to how cold it was. When I finally went under the water, Allison thought it was hilarious and wanted me to do it again and again - I'm such a pushover.

Then we decided to swim out the the dock. We are so freaking crazy!
What better way to head back than to dive in, right?

We had such a great weekend, we are looking forward to a lot more camping this summer!