Its been quite some time since we've been camping, so we decided to take a trip to Lake Ontario. Our family has outgrown our old tent, plus it was pretty much falling apart, so we found a great deal on an 8 man tent. We are set!
The kids thought it was great fun setting up the tent!
Once we got camp situated we headed out to the Lake only to learn that there was no swimming due to some high winds that churned up all the seaweed, but the kids had fun playing in the sand though.
After dinner was cleaned up we enjoyed a night around the campfire.
The younger kids were put to bed and the older ones stayed up to play some more games.
We were about ready to hit the hay when we heard Drew start crying. I wasn't sure how he was going to be at sleeping in a tent, but had been hoping for the best. Well...he had a slight fever that day, but the medicine didn't seem to do it for him. He was up crying about every half hour for the first half of the night. We decided to put him in the back of the Excursion where there was plenty of space for him to sleep comfortably and not wake the rest of the campground. He finally was able to get some sleep so the two of us missed out on the tent experience that first night.
The next morning was a beautiful day. We weren't well rested, but it was still a beautiful day!
Breakfast on the open campfire was enough to put us back into the camping spirit once again.
A little sleepy and grumpy after that first night!!
Mmmmmm...BACON!!
Bacon and eggs perked everyone up!
That morning we drove over to Niagara Falls. This was the first time the kids had seen the falls. Unfortunately I don't have passports for all of us so we weren't able to cross over to the Canadian side.
Drew seemed to be acting more like himself by this point!!
Just amazing!!
Out for lunch after seeing the falls...a real treat!
On the drive home we stopped at the Whirlpool that is just downstream from the falls. Bob was teaching the kids about how there is a something similar in the Aorta or something...didn't quite catch what he was saying.
Once we got back to camp we heard the swimming area was open so we spent the rest of the afternoon at the beach.
Of course someone had to get buried!
Max had just lost his first tooth several weeks before.
Emily made her own beach chair!
Just getting back from a swim out to the ropes.
Jack dug a deep hole, jumped into it and allowed Emily to bury him.
The second night was much better than the first. Everyone was so wiped out from the day they all slept soundly.
And here are several more random pictures from the trip...
Typical Max...totally crazy!!
All in all the trip was a success...great time together as a family in God's beautiful outdoors!
