Beach Camping

In June we went camping with the Phipps family and we all slept in this tent...

Yep, Angie, Greg, Kai (3 yrs old), Blayze (10 months old), me, John, Emma (almost 4), and Johnny (almost 2) all in one huge tent. We were all pretty proud of ourselves for accomplishing a two night beach camping trip with kids this age. The kids did not go to bed till around 10pm each night and we ended up driving Johnny and Emma around in the van the second night to get them to sleep but once we went to bed the night was pretty uneventful.

Notice Emma is still in her pretty dress. I can't believe I have a daughter that camps in a dress...

Johnny enjoyed his marshmallow and was very dissapointed he couldn't roast it on this short stick....


This is what Johnny looked like most of the time at the campsite. I wouldn't have been surprised to see him rolling in the dirt while we were there. And most of the time he wouldn't wear his shoes....He loved camping!

A little snooze on our way.....

The Beach!!!! The kids were at great ages for a beach trip. Emma and Kai played all day long, Johnny played half day then dozed off with John in the shade, and Blayze ate as much sand as he could get in his mouth.

On day Three we packed up and spent the morning at the aquarium...

Johnny LOVED the fish. He just ran around the entire time we were at the aquarium shrieking "ish"...





We have loved our beach trips in North Carolina and this trip with our good friends was a great way to say goodbye to our east coast beaches.....