I had this great idea, that our family should go camping!  And it was a great idea.  It did not match my ideal picture of what our camping weekend was going to be, but we had a wonderful time.  We headed to Jellystone Park in Hagerstown on Friday afternoon.  When we arrived we were escorted to our cabin in the woods….

We were glad to meet another family with kids as soon as we got to our site. The kids took off together into the woods behind the cabin, allowing Nate and I to unload the car (which was PACKED)!!!  Then we headed to Lazer Tag which AJ was super excited about!!! The girls were not as excited but all of us played one game.  Then Rachael, Kaitlyn and I kicked around a soccer ball while the boys played one more game.  We then headed to Candy Bar Bingo.  They were in the first round when we got there, so we only played four of the games.  Which proved to be enough because AJ would ask after every number was called if he had that number.  Luckily for us, Nate won the third game which won our family ~10 candy bars.  We headed back to the cabin from there and Nate made a fire while I made dinner for the kids.  There is nothing more fun than ending a camping day by making smores by the fire!!!

The next morning we woke up and it was not only freezing, but it was pouring as well.  The kids did not mind nearly as much as  I did. They nestled in and enjoyed watching the fire.

We eventually got ourselves together right before it stopped raining and in enough time to make it over to do the sand art necklaces.

I was set that our family was going to go for a walk on the hiking trail, and so we did.  It was absolutely beautiful!!  We saw a fun twisted tree and even some white-tailed deer.

As you can imagine, they did not stick around long when they heard our loud family coming through.  But it was just a  great walk in the woods.  Then, back to eat lunch and make another fire outside.  And if you know Nate, you can only imagine how much fun he had getting a good fire going!!  Which we enjoyed for a while, until it started pouring once again.

Luckily it stopped long enough for the kids to take part in the Halloween Parade with Yogi Bear but we quickly headed back to the cabin to get out of the costumes.

It was then that we started hanging out with our neighbors and their children.  There were 11 kids between the three families and everyone had a great time!!  The kids were soaking wet and smiling from ear to ear!!!  We headed up to the DJ later in the night and sang and danced with all of the kids!!  It was amazing how easily all of the kids went down when we finally put them to bed!!!

Sunday morning, it was still pouring.  So we got ourselves up and moving and then packed and on the road!!  Luckily one of our new neighbors had played at  the arcade and given us several hundred tickets to redeem for some toys.  So we did that and then headed on our way.

As much as it would have been great if it would not have rained SO much, we had a wonderful time together!!   We plan on going back again next fall, but hopefully without the rain!!!!

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