Circus Fun and Camping

April 27th we had a full day as we headed to the circus and once it was over we headed to Yankton for our first camping trip of the year.  Once again the kids enjoyed the circus and Great Grandpa Melvin and Grama Verni came along for the event.  Makenna got a lot more out of the circus this year and was excited to see the tigers as Denver was as he had taught her how to go hunting for tigers!

Look the tigers!!

Pretty sure he's "hunting" the tigers here.

When we got to the lake it was beautiful out.  We unpacked, the boys fished a little, made supper, and then we took the boat out for a ride.  Little did we know at that time it would be the only time we take the boat out that weekend as the wind came up the next day and made camping quite miserable.  Friday morning we woke up to a strong, miserable wind so we decided to take the kids to the aqaurium and hatchery and ran to town to do some things.  Papa Rodney and Grama Verni came to the lake Friday evening and missed all the nice weather.  We did some geocaching together, spent time playing & visiting in the cabin, and due to the wind we even ate one meal out!

The kids enjoying the fire before their bed time.

Daddy caught a nice walleye!

Checking out the 1 day old walleyes at the hatchery.

Feeding the rainbow trout.

My boys doing what they like best, fishing!

Another camping trip!

Yes, we did squeeze in another camping trip!  I had many of my friends think we were absolutely crazy going camping in October, but it turned out to be a beautiful weekend and it was a great time camping with Papa Rodney and Grama Verni.  Evan and my dad go deer hunting out west with several other people every year.  This year the ground that they usually hunt was pulled from the public hunting land so they were forced to find new ground to hunt.  My mom thought what better way to find that land than by all of us going out there for a camping trip.  This way the kids, mom and I were also able to see where they hunt and have some good family time, along with a little camping trip that we wanted to do with them, but weren't able since the cows didn't leave until October!  We drove up Saturday morning, after I got home from working all night.  I slept in the car while Evan drove.  We spent Saturday just hanging out; fishing, playing on the jungle gym, eating, campfire, etc.  The guys made it a late night with some fishing in a small thunderstorm!  I thought they were crazy, especially since the fish weren't biting...but they kept hoping!  The next morning we packed up and went to the public hunting ground where we then separated our ways.  The guys went to check out the new land and the kids took a nap while we drove back to the campground.  We then did a lot of indoor games (as it drizzled some and every thing was wet from the night before) and I napped as I had a call shift that night (that I thankfully ended up not having to work).  The weather was perfect and we're so glad we were able to squeeze it into our busy schedule!

Flying Babies

Marshmallows with Grama