Well, we ventured out on our first camping trip of, hopefully, many this year! We went to Alder Lake and stay in the main campground. The kids had a great time! They dug in the sand, played on the playground and went for a swim.

They all slept great, thank goodness! We have our "Vacation Home", a huge tent that sleeps our family of 7 on one half and still has another half to store all our coolers, containers and whatever else finds it's way in.

We... well, they had a great time playing in the water! The kids must not have all their cold detectors developed yet...I was not getting into that freezing cold water. Chris is fine with cold and he didn't even get in! Jackson wasn't too interested in the water. He decided it was much more fun to dig holes, fill them up, then chase everyone with hands full of muck and throw it. The action shot above is him chasing me with two handfulls of mud...he got me, and the camera, good. The price the photographers pay for the good shots, huh? I also had a sequence of Daddy running from him, but we agreed we wouldn't post any pics of us from this camping trip. Maybe, in about 10-15 lbs... :)

To be continued...