Libby's first camping trip!

We took Libby on her first camping trip this weekend! She loved it. Wednesday night, Bill, the girls and I loaded up the car and the little utility trailer (ok, I packed and set by the door, Bill loaded) and headed for the coast. We stayed Wednesday night with my mom and dad and then headed for Tugman Park near Lakeside on Thursday afternoon. Soon, Kat, Eric and Kiera Logue and Jen, Pat, Breanna, and Elisa Gonzales joined us. Bill cooked a great dinner of ribs, corn-on-the-cob and potato salad for everyone. Thursday was also my birthday, so my parents and my sister came out to the campsite, bringing with them a birthday cake, baked by Mom. How lucky can a girl get?! This is Bill and Libby by the campfire Friday morning.


Jen making breakfast.


Libby smiling for Mommy.


Libby was up at 6am on Friday morning, making sure that everyone else in the campsite was up soon after that. So, by 9am, she was ready for a much needed nap.

Breanna and Kat by the fire.


There was a great play structure in the park, along with a cute little beach for swimming in the lake. Friday, we took advantage of both of them. Libby got to swing and swim for the first time and loved both of them.

Jen taking great pictures of the girls. I plan on having another posting with her pictures.

Abby with her "journal" that she wrote in almost daily.

Kiera swinging.

My big girl in the tube.
Abby
Elisa mugging for the camera.

Everyone around the campfire Friday night. Kat and Eric were in charge of dinner, which was great, but the best part was definitely the s'mores brownies that Kat made using her dutch oven and charcoal heated in the fire. She's amazing with that thing!

My tired and dirty girl. She had sooo much fun.

Kat and Eric.
More campfire shots.

Kiera in her dinosaur chair.

On Saturday, we all loaded up and went to the beach. Bill and I took most of the kids in the landcruiser and drove onto the beach at Horsfall. Libby loves sand...especially if she can eat it by the handful!
Jen's girls.

Kiera playing in the sand. She loved the water and wanted to go swimming, but her mean parents wouldn't let her. Hee hee hee.

Abby always loves the beach. She had a great time, but she was a little tough on her clean clothes supply. This is outfit #1.
Bill and Abby digging a hole. Outfit #2.


Our little picnic on the beach. The weather was overcast, but warm and almost everyone got a little sunburned.
My parents brought the samurai and their dog Heidi and came out to the beach. My dad had total knee replacement at the end of May and is doing great, even walking in the sand.

Gramps and Breanna flying a kite.

Grandma playing with Libby.

Kat and Kiera.

Abby in outfit #3.

Pat and Elisa.

Bill made wooden boats for everyone to float in the lake at Tugman, which we did on Friday. Then on our trip to the beach on Saturday, they tossed a couple of the boats in the surf and watched them come in with the waves. You can barely see it in this picture, but there's a little red boat out there in the surf.
Eric and Kiera.
The girls having a snack. I had to take the Doritos away from Libby that Abby tried to share with her.

Kiera the explorer.

Jen and Abby headed for the car. Saturday evening, we went to my parents' house, where Dad had made us all clam chowder and Jen and Pat made a yummy dinner of stroganoff, potatoes, and corn to go with it. Then, we headed to my sister's house in Lakeside to watch the fireworks and set off some that Eric brought with him. Unfortunately, it was too foggy to see the big ones, but we had a good time anyway.

Sunday, we packed up to head for home. Tired and dirty, but relaxed and happy. Making sure we took everything with us when we headed for home, I checked the baby box. Baby food, check. Baby wipes, check. Baby, check.
Happy Libby!