back to reality

We just got back from a very fun several days up at Hume Lake. We had a great time with our friends and it was nice to get outside of our regular routine and be someplace different. It proved to be pretty draining with two kids and we found ourselves pooped each night after putting them to bed, but it was well worth it and we would gladly do it again. I loved seeing Cam enjoy himself at the pool, on the boats, riding the golf cart, etc. I also loved spending time with our friends once the kids all went to bed. Our hanging out was always accompanied by ice cream...either a milkshake from the snack shop or Cheryl's homemade ice cream. Yum. Here are some pictures:

Here is the group shot. This was at a cove we took some boats to...


Cam was quite a fan. Luckily we got motorized boats. The cove was a ways away and I would have felt badly making the guys row against the wind all the way back...


We went a couple of times down to feed the ducks. The kids were very into it, as were the dads. The kids liked throwing the food for the purpose of feeding the ducks. The dads liked throwing the food for the purpose of pelting the ducks and getting them to fight one another...




We were lucky enough to have a golf cart at our disposal the whole time. After feeding the ducks, I road back with Kendall and Chris and Cam walked. Here is a shot on their nature excursion...


The cabin we stayed in was AMAZING! We are so thankful to Jeff and Cheryl for arranging it all. We spent a lot of time indoors as the kids napped at various times. Here are Kendall and I hanging out on one of the enormous bean bag chairs.



I would say our first official family trip was a great success. Other than a rough first night for Cam (he always seems to sleep poorly the first night we are away), both kids did awesome. We stopped off at Chris's parent's on the way back and let Cam run around and nap. This was a nice break to our travel day. It is nice to be home, but in another sense, it is kind sad to not have something to look forward to like this anymore... :)