The Family Cruise: Our First Camping Trip

The day after school ended, we took our first family camping trip to Hickory Hills in Bath, NY (not too far, just in case children didn't cooperate). We went with our good friends Jenn, Sam, Grace and Alex. They have a really nice motor home that we all used, and then at night, some us of slept in a tent (really cool when you're a kid!).

When we first got there, I sent the kids out to look for 4 leaf clovers (figuring it would keep them busy for a while as we set up)...sure enough, about 10 minutes later, Miss Natalie had found one!!! I can never find them...it must have been good luck, because the weather was nice and we had an amazing time!

Kendall hangin' out on the hammock

Nolan on our picnic table, he was so good and so happy to be there. He was a "happy camper", if you will (we were very proud of him)!

We stayed 2 nights, and even though we were camping, we ate like royalty! We had NY strip steaks and potatoes the 1st night, and awesome BBQ chicken and fruit and potatoes the second night. Of course, we had hotdogs and hamburgers...many other goodies too!

When it started to get dark out, it was time to build a fire (our favorite part of camping we've decided). We made s'mores and sang songs. The kids were getting pretty tired!

Time for goodnight hugs and off to bed. Natalie, Nolan, Mom and Dad slept in the tent.

Kendall slept above the driving part of the motor home with the Nichols family...she loved it!!!

After the kids were down, the adults stayed up and "played" for a little while.

"Two-can Sam"

"Building a fire"

Looks like these girls are ready for bed, goodnight!

The next morning, we headed down to the hobby lobby for crafts. Kendall, Nolan, Natalie, and Grace all made pinwheels.

After crafts, we took a walk to visit the rabbits. The kids loved them.

Disclaimer: Natalie is not drinking coffee, she is holding mine so I could take a picture :)

Photo shoot time!!!!! Natalie and Kendall

Nolan

Grace

Sara (mom) and Jenn (mom)

Sam (dad)

Time for a walk!!! We took many walks, but this particular walk was to take a wagon ride. Natalie pushed Grace and Kendall pushed Alex (with some help).

The wagon ride was really fun. It took us around the campground. Scamper the camper (a squirrel mascot for the campgroud) even rode the wagon, we sat right next to him!

We got a pretty decent family pic...considering we were camping!

The Nichols family...all ready to go swimming after our ride

Time to swim!!!!!

More campfire time, this night with glow ring pops!!! How fun :)

The next day was the day we left. Daddy played monkey in the middle (notice the monkey has the ball).

We hung our for a while and then, it was time to go. We are going to try to go again before the summer is done, it was a perfect trip with GREAT friends.