Camping Redfish Lake July 2009

We were invited to go camping with our friends, the Bostons, at Redfish Lake.
This would be our VERT FIRST FAMILY camping trip!!
As you can see, the minute we got there, our kids became fish.
We had a wonderful time and can't wait for our next camping adventure.




Our kiddos at Little Redfish Lake.


It doesn't get much cuter than this!! :)


Enjoying God's creation!



Mom: "Emily, just go in the water up to the bottom of your shorts."
Emily: "Okay mom. This is fun." throws sticks over and over into the water
Mom, shaking head: "Apparently her definition of bottom and mine are NOT the same!"

Camping Redfish Lake July 2009

Wading in the water of the little lake.



The boys thought it was fun to throw water from a bucket at each other.


Can't really play catch with water though.


Aaron.

Camping Redfish Lake July 2009

Pam.


The little girls playing in the sand at the big lake.


Bathing beauties. Glad they are such good friends.



No he doesn't wear the hat to bed.

Camping Redfish Lake July 2009

The boys making their sand cave on the beach at Redfish Lake.


Jordan splitting logs for the campfire. Nice job!!


Marshmallow perfection.


Toasted to perfection!!


Where is Allison?

Camping Redfish Lake July 2009

Precious girl!


Bring on the adventure!!


Hot chocolate with marshmallows every morning. Yumm!!


Waking up and deciding what to do today.


Friends enjoying each other and the beautiful view.

Camping Redfish Lake July 2009

Zachary taught Phillip how to play cribbage. They played A LOT.


Mr. Boston cooking our 18 eggs for breakfast. We were feeding 12 people.


Nothing like a cup of joe in the morning.



Digging......again.


For some reason the kids liked to hang out in the tent trailer a lot.
Guess they could only take so much fresh air.

Camping Redfish Lake July 2009

The tent trailer from our private trail to the beach.


Mr. Boston and Emily pondering.


Emily found a bird's eggshell.
However, it didn't survive for long and is now dust in the wind.


Phillip showing off at the fish hatchery.


Somehow throwing sand into the water became a favorite pastime.
Phillip good pretty good at skipping rocks too.

Camping Redfish Lake July 2009

Emily in all her cuteness!




Ken admiring the lake.


Phillip and Zachary enjoyed making ponds with their buckets.


All the kiddos loved being in the water.


One of my new all time favorite photos. It doesn't get much sweeter than this for me!

Camping Redfish Lake July 2009

Pam and Olivia enjoying the campfire and of course, s'mores.



Two friends running on a log.



Who knew Junior birdman went camping??


Chipmunk?



Sweethearts......tired, but enjoying themselves.

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Little Redfish Lake at night with the moon reflecting off the water.



Life was so hard in the wilderness camping. There was nothing spectacular to look at!



Majestic!!


One of our camping sites. The girls got the tent trailer while the guys did the tent thing.


Yummy pancakes for breakfast!!

Camping Redfish Lake July 2009

This is how Emily spent the weekend if not in the water. She was a digging fool!!!




Ashley & Natalie tried for a while to get this right and here is their final outcome. Olivia is cheering them on!



Emily's state most of the trip....dirt from head to toe!



Can you believe we had to look at this ALL weekend??




Washer, rinser, drier.......we were a cleaning machine.


Thanks so much to the Bostons for a truly wonderful time!!!