Muddy Mudpit!

Yesterday a friend was telling me about a neighborhood park that has a big waterslide and a mudpit for kids to play in. I thought the boys would love that, and it would be a nice family outing so we made plans to go today. The place was pretty cool. They have several play structures with ropes, fireman poles and lots of ladders and rock walls to climb, an area that is open during the school year for kids to come and use wood and tools to build forts and play structures of their own, and then in the summer they have the waterslide and mud pit. The boys were a little nervous about going down the waterslide, but they did brave the mudpit. We all got in and had some good, dirty fun!

Camping trip to Leo Carrillo

We are back from our annual camping trip to Leo Carrillo! Okay, well technically we got back two weeks ago, but who's counting? We had a blast as always. We had a really big group for the first two nights which was a lot of fun. It was me, Brian, our three boys, Tim and Wendy and thier two, Zukie, Laura, Lisa and David and thier four kids, Kathe, Lauren, and Aunt Mary. The kids loved getting to play with all of thier cousins and Sam was quite smitten with Brianna, Lisa and David's daughter who I think is 9. What can I say? At two, he is already a little ladies man. He had a great time playing with Izzy as well.

One of the big highlights of the trip for the boys was getting buried up to thier necks in sand by daddy and another big favorite was roasting marshmellows at the campfire. There is just nothing quite like sitting around the campfire with family on a cool summer night. These are the memories that our kids will hold onto and treasure for life. I still remember camping trips that I took with my parents when I was thier age. It just goes to show that kids do not need fancy, expensive vacations to be happy. Give them some dirt, a tree for climbing, and a beach and they are in heaven.