We arrived home from Cadigan's late Friday night, spent Saturday doing laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping, and repacking, spent Sunday worshiping, and headed out early Monday morning for camping trip #2 - MacGregor with friends! This time my handsome husband stayed with us, so we had a wonderfully relaxing and fun holiday. The kids were very much entertained by their friends ....
The weather was still a little cool. We tried the beach a few times, but never really had a full-out "beach day" because we always got a little too chilly. So, instead of lounging on the beach we did lots of other, more activey stuff. Like strolling around in a bike trailer ... do you think Kiera likes it? This was her first time in, and she gave it an overwhelming cheer of approval.
Much time was also spent biking - Seth was once again glued to his seat. He biked up and down the road over and over and over. He and Leah had lots of competitions - races to see who was the fastest, who could make the longest skid mark, and who could perform the neatest tricks on their bike. Seth once again surprised us with his biking ability - he went for several long trips without complaining - and even did trail riding. We were so impressed!
Maddy also spent a lot of time on her bike. She improved dramatically throughout the week, and by the end could bike all the way to the comfort station!
Kiera also got to join in on the biking fun :)
We went on several hikes. Twice we ended up on a beautiful rocky shore overlooking the lake. I tried to capitalize on the beauty by snapping some photos of my kids ... Seth, once again, cooperated.
Maddy was a goofball ....
And Kiera yelled at me :) The shore was a little too rocky (read: hazardous) to do much picture taking of this munchkin.
We went on a few of the guided nature hikes / children's programs that were put on at the Nature Centre. One of these hikes was about birds. After a short (and really good!) presentation on what makes birds unique, we went on a hike to try find birds. We were given pairs of binoculars to help us on our hunt. After the presentation we signed out the binoculars and borrowed them for the remainder of the week. They came in very handy on our hikes!
Three of the most amazing blessings that God has given to me!
Seth and his good buddy.
Our family!
We spent one afternoon scavenger hunting. Before setting out we needed to be sure we were well equipped - with loot carriers. Everyone spent some time colouring some paper bags :)
Three scavenger hunters.
Taking a break from the hike. We hiked to a tall look-out tower - notice the binoculars?? We had a quick snack, then noticed the dark, ominous looking clouds that were rolling in. The way back went much faster than the way there! We ended up making it back to the campsite just in time - and avoided being drenched in the ten minute sprinkle that the dark clouds gave us :)
My cutie patootie.
The whole gang! Well, at least the cute ones :)
We had a great week with fantastic friends enjoying God's beautiful creation. While the weather was not as warm as we would have liked, it was still more than nice enough for us to enjoy ourselves! We only got a little bit of the forcasted rain, and most of it came at night. Seth and Maddy had lots of fun with their friends - playing t-ball, soccer, biking, dinosaurs, building (with the campfire wood), playdough, colouring, and the list goes on! We cannot wait to join these people on another camping adventure soon!
