One Last Hoorah

We made our last camping trip of the year last weekend.  I'm so sad summer is coming to an end and that there will be no more camping until next summer (or maybe spring!).  Prior to this last camping trip Denver had started to love riding on the tube behind the boat.  For those of you who do not know I absolutely LOVE tubing and am so excited that my little man has found this fun too!  He was very disappointed that he couldn't go tubing this trip, but it just wasn't warm enough.  The last time we went he had a blast going a decent speed and we almost fell off and he didn't care!  Oh are we going to have fun next summer!

Having a snack the first day.

We went up to Lake Poinsett for this last hoorah and are so thankful that's where we went.  We rented a cabin and it was right by the shoreline so the boys were able to always have a rod in the water.  The cabin was pretty secluded from the rest of the campsite so I didn't have to worry about cars driving and the kids running.  And, most importantly, the fishing was good!  I'm pretty sure its safe to say that Evan had a blast. 

Fishing from shore by the cabin.

1st fish!

And another is on!

Evan handed Makenna this fish to hold and at first she liked it, then she was done, but she would NOT drop it and Evan was busy so he couldn't take it back.  She hung out to it whining for him to stop and take it from her.

Playing in the minos...

....and some more...

....and more (You think they lived very long?  NOPE!)

(Makenna is holding a mino in her hand...neither of them are scared of them)

Relaxing in the chair while the boys are fishing.

Fishing with his new Batman rod....that didn't make it back home...another pole in the lake!

(Not sure if I posted that the Cars rod made it in the lake in our last fishing trip before this...they sink fast!)

Waiting for the fish to bite.

First big walleye of our trip!  Denver reeled him in.

I'm sooo tired, but I don't want to go to bed.

My handsome boys fishing and having a blast!

Could he be much prouder?

Every morning after breakfast we took the boat out to do a little fishing and looking around the lake.  It was a nice time to be out on the lake as the kids were happy for the most part and it was beautiful.  We couldn't have picked a better weekend to go as far as weather goes.

Hanging out in the boat.

We talked about how far this lil girl has come from the beginning of the "season". She doesn't mind her life jacket and she is so much more content in the boat.

We took the boat out 2 of the evenings after supper. 

A carp for the last catch of the evening.

Our last night there, one of our good friends, Brandon, came up to go fishing with us (or should I say Evan!) and the boys caught lots of good sized walleyes.  I was kept pretty busy between making sure my children were safe, out of the way, and happy, and then running back and forth on the boat with the net for the boys.

Our good friend Brandon.

We had a camp fire every night which Denver loved.  Makenna was always too tired that she'd have to miss out, but she got in on it the last night and I think she liked it too.  She would come closer and say "ho" (for hot) and she loved sitting in the chair just relaxing by the fire.

These 2 had lots of fun running around together our last night there.

Enjoying the fire.

Doing a puzzle.

Hanging out with mom and getting proof she was on this trip too!

A late night snack!

 

Our last morning we had an amazing breakfast.  When we had gone camping with my extended family the beginning of August, one of my aunts and cousins were telling me how they made omelets in a bag.  We decided we had to try this while camping and have decided we may even do this at home as they were delicious!  I meant to take pictures of all the ingredients and of the final product, but I forgot until we were almost done so you get to see a picture of an almost completely eat omelet in a bag.  They are so easy, little mess, and so yummy!  We did have an interesting time trying to get water to boil on our grill, but it finally boiled!

Both kids loved their omelets and ate so good!

I think its safe to say we will probably be doing more camping next summer.  We all love it so much.  We've kind of figured out different tricks to make it so it isn't so hard with the little ones and they'll be bigger next year so it will be easier yet....no pack and play to haul next year!