Well here it is...our first camping trip with just our little family. What an adventure we had! After jam packing our land rover with all the gear, our kids, and the dog, we headed out on a two day camping trip to Mckinney falls state park. 
It took us about an hour to get there, so we had just enough time to put up the tent before the sun went down. The first night was the longest night of my life. Damien and Amaya fell asleep pretty fast, but it took awhile to get Gabe settled down. He woke up screaming several times during the night with no way to calm him down. We were the camping neighbors from hell. Riley took him out to the car so no one could hear him scream. During that time Telly (our dog) slipped out of the tent unknowingly. As soon as we realized it, I was in a panic. I was certain he was gone forever. At 3:00 in the morning Riley was out searching for him. Thankfully, he found him up the road not too far from our campsite. It was a very long night.
The next morning we were all so tired, but so ready for a fun day ahead of us.
We ate breakfast burritos (Riley makes the best eggs ever!), and then we went exploring
It was such a beautiful place!
It took us about an hour to get there, so we had just enough time to put up the tent before the sun went down. The first night was the longest night of my life. Damien and Amaya fell asleep pretty fast, but it took awhile to get Gabe settled down. He woke up screaming several times during the night with no way to calm him down. We were the camping neighbors from hell. Riley took him out to the car so no one could hear him scream. During that time Telly (our dog) slipped out of the tent unknowingly. As soon as we realized it, I was in a panic. I was certain he was gone forever. At 3:00 in the morning Riley was out searching for him. Thankfully, he found him up the road not too far from our campsite. It was a very long night.The next morning we were all so tired, but so ready for a fun day ahead of us.We ate breakfast burritos (Riley makes the best eggs ever!), and then we went exploringIt was such a beautiful place!We swam for a bit, and then went back to camp for some lunch
and then we swam some more
The second night we all slept a little better with gabe waking up just a couple of times. The next day we we went on another hike, packed up camp, and then headed home.
Camping is a ton of work, but well worth it! I now appreciate my parents even more for taking all 7 of us kids on many camping adventures. I have so many wonderful memories and I hope to do the same for my own kids.
Next post coming soon...Camping at Bastrop state park (yep, we braved another camping trip).
and then we swam some moreThe second night we all slept a little better with gabe waking up just a couple of times. The next day we we went on another hike, packed up camp, and then headed home.Camping is a ton of work, but well worth it! I now appreciate my parents even more for taking all 7 of us kids on many camping adventures. I have so many wonderful memories and I hope to do the same for my own kids. Next post coming soon...Camping at Bastrop state park (yep, we braved another camping trip).
