first camping trip/rest of Easter

We took our first camping trip with the kids at Lake Lurleen. It was a lot of fun and Sydney has decided she wants to live outside. We got a camp site right on the lake. It made me nervous at first being that close to the water but the kids were great at staying away from the edge. We took Chad's fishing boat so we fished and rode around and just kinda hung out. It was REALLY windy on Friday and got pretty cool that night and Sat. morning. But, the good news was it wasn't burning up hot and there were no bug issues. Chris cooked us some yummy meals and ofcourse we did smores. It was nice to just hang out and not worry about anything! The night went pretty well. John Evan woke up crying one time saying he wanted to get out of the tent but we gave him some chocolate milk and he went back to sleep. Sydney slept great. It is wierd to hear all the noises at night-we even heard beavers splashing in the water-and TONS of frogs!
The park has several play areas-so we let the kids play some on Sat.

I love this picture of John Evan laughing!

A-Day game

We went and hung out with the youth cause they had a cook-out. Then the kids and I went home and Chris stayed for the game.

Love this picture of Drew and John Evan looking in their baskets.

I took Sydney to see Hannah Montanna. She was so excited and gave me a huge hug! The movie was really cute!

John Evan went down the slide with all the Easter baskets!

All the kids minus Evan. She was not feeling well and was asleep. Ashley is pregnant with #10 and it will make the numbers even. 5 girls-5 boys

How grown is he????????????