July 4th - The Red, White and Blue

It was sure nice to have the 4th of July fall on a Thursday!!  Since the guys at work had all been working so hard, we had told them a long time ago that they could all have a 4 day weekend - unfortunately, we were super busy but couldn't go back on our word!!  I know they appreciated the time off and we packed up to head out camping!!

 

Jessi, Gary and the kids arrived at our place about 9:30am on Thursday morning - I had coffee waiting for them and we were soon out the door, headed to Lake George to wilderness camp.  Brad and his kids had arrived the night before and had found our "special" spot!!

 

The kids LOVED the spot - there were lots of rock formations around and they ended up building a fort beside one of them!!  But the best thing was a bug terrarium that Jessi had bought and the kids had a blast finding bugs, mainly caterpillars, and playing with them!!  (In addition to holding them hostage!!)

 

Brad's daughter Ashley was here from Florida for a few weeks and her and Rayna had fun shooting their bow and arrows!

Doesn't Kenzie look cute in her 4th of July outfit?  And check out that beautiful blue sky!!

After setting up camp, Jessi and I alternated between reading our books and playing with the kids - but mostly the kids entertained themselves!!

Some of the gang went fishing and they even caught fish, which Gary cooked on the grill  -  it was yummy!!!  We had plenty of great food to eat and the kids' favorite part of the day was "Happy Hour" - drinks and chips and veggies and dips!!

We had brought the ATV so Glenn had fun giving all the kids rides and before long, Rayna had it mastered!!  I think it was the first time I DIDN'T ride the ATV during our camping time!!  Aren't these 4 just the cutest ever?

Yes, the rains came while we camped but we didn't dare complain!!  We got pretty good at bringing the chairs and everything else under the canopies so stuff didn't get too wet!!

Evan ended up sleeping with Kylan in Brad's camper so he loved that!  Jessi and Gary didn't get a great nights' sleep as their air mattress kept leaking air!!  But Glenn and I slept pretty good that first night.............More pictures in the next blog!!