First Camping Trip

About mid July we took Owen on his first camping trip! We had a blast at Azalea Cove and had planned to return Labor day weekend. Unfortunately the move took too much out of us. We opted to stay home for some local fun instead!

It is a 1/2 mile hike into Azalea Cove campground and so worth it! Our campsites were right on the lake - beautiful! We spent two nights camping with our friends, the Henkel family and the Tsonas-Ekstrom family. We were also visited one afternoon by our friends, the Nichols family. Here are some pics of our adventures:

Sisters, Kailey and Aubrey

Aaron striking a pose after chopping some wood for our campfire

Owen showing Athena how to use his fishing pole

Daddy & Owen getting ready for a canoe ride

Everyone smile!

We found a little sandy area to pull over and play in

Owen is fishing for Mamas :)

Aaron and Jason are taking Owen and Lex for a ride in the canoe

Petra and her dog, Willow

All the kiddos piled in the wagon for a ride down to the "jumping rock"

Kelly Jumping....Wahooooo!

Aaron doing a flip!

Mike and Aaron doing jack knifes!

Aaron and Kelly getting ready to do a "Hi Owen!"

Melanie N., Amy, & Kelly jumping!

Pretty girl, Raina, gathering up pine cones

Aubrey catching some Zzzzzzzzs, so cute!

Owen, Kailey, Athena, & Aubrey

Mama & Owen playing on the rocks under the bridge by the water "trickle" :-D

Owen and Daddy borrowing Mike and Amy's fishing poles. They had so much fun fishing that they went out and bought fishing poles of there own after we got home!

Kailey and Aubrey getting ready for their canoe ride

The Henkel family out on the water

Owen LOVES roasting marshmallows just like his mommy!

Owen set the timer on our camera and ran over to get in the shot with his friends :) The adults were very impressed!

Petra

Feeding the geese their breakfast

Aubrey, Owen, and Kailey having fun and making faces at Amy :)

Group Photo

We are going home...

Back On The Blog

Life has been overwhelming this summer and I have been terrible about updating the blog. Things are starting to settle down and I'm going to try to catch up!

Here are some JULY highlights:

We are at Fairytale Town for friend Skylar's 4th birthday party!

Prince Owen and the Princesses

Skylar is in the middle with the purple head band

Owen says,"I'm king of the mountain!"

Swim Lessons at Sheldon Acres

Owen with Teacher Stephanie, swimming the length of the pool

On the water slide! Weeeeeee!

Dinner with Grandpa Tim

Crab 101

Some friends of ours overnighted these crabs from Maryland and had us over for a super yummy lunch. We got a lesson on how to eat a crab!




Kids Do StrollerFit

Owen and his buddy, Athena

Aubrey and Kailey doing partner rows

Owen and Olivia doing partner rows

Count down to toe tickling!

And tickle some toes!

Core work





Last Day of StrollerFit

StrollerFit was bought out by a company called Baby Boot Camp. StrollerFit franchise owners all over the country had to make the decision to either convert their businesses to Baby Boot Camp or close down. Our local StrollerFit owner/operator, Wendy, decided to close down. We threw her a surprise party on the last day of StrollerFit to let her know how much we value her and wish her well in her future endeavors.

Our days at StrollerFit were numbered anyway. Owen is a big kid now! No more riding in the stroller for him. All the big kids ride their bikes or scooters along with the mommies during class.

Wendy taking a peek at the memory book we made her. It is filled with pictures and everyone signed it.