Road Trips!

Weekend... Here goes... Going to be catching up time, but get home Friday night & Chad says, "Let's go... Why not????" Talking about a camping trip with some friends to try and kick off the summer.... We had already decided too much going on & were going to stay home & get things around here in order.... but there's plenty of time for that, right?

So we head south, getting to the camp site about 11:00ish... Riley sleeps the whole way, gets up to enjoy the campfire for a few and then falls asleep in my arms. Very nice! So we're off to a good start. While I had baby duties, Chad & friend Scott, were setting up the tent, which took seconds. Chad comes to me to tell me "tents ready." First thing I thought was WOW that was fast!!! Had to be since we forgot it!!! HA! OOOPPPS! That's what you get for packing in 20 minutes. Really funny thing is we were sitting outside this morning as we usually do when the weather is nice, enjoying our first cup of coffee and Chad went to the truck to get something. He discovered then the tent had been packed... Just in the wrong vehicle! Needless to say, the trip was incredibly fun & Riley loved every minute of it!!! She is not fearful of anything... Which has it's pros and cons! It rained early in the morning but honestly not for long, cleared up and then the day was incredible, sunny & warm! (oh, we ended up sleeping on the blow up matress in the back of the wagon, which really worked out well...) We came home Saturday evening, after stopping for a bite to eat on the way home.... Riley is not good at eating out, or at least we don't have it mastered. She had control over the spoon and decided to WING some mash potatoes two isles over... I wasn't sure what to do in a moment like that so I played like I didn't see a thing. Riley's at that age where she wants her independence which includes feeding herself, which makes for a really messy meal, pretty much every meal! Any suggestions on foods which don't make messes? There are only a few pictures of the camping trip since, of course we thought so much ahead, the camera was not fully charged, it lasted not long. Will get more posted once we get them off Amanda's camera!

Sunday, headed out to my good friend Missy's for her middle son's high school graduation... A pool party, which was about an hour away. Zachary has always had a special place in my heart... I think it's the middle child thing!!! We have to stick together! Riley loved playing in the baby pool but as you can see the look in her eye says, wow, I want to be in the big one!!!! Ri was trying to convince Lyndee, Missy's neighbor's daughter to jump right in also, but Lyndee was playing shy... Maybe next time!