Maddy's First Camping Trip

We went camping this weekend! Aaron and I haven't been camping since 2007 when we hiked the Grand Canyon (just sad) and Maddy has never been camping so it was a great weekend. Maddy is a great little camper. She ate good the whole time and enjoyed constantly being outside. We went with a group from our church so there were tons of other kids for her to play with. I also had the best Saturday afternoon nap in recent memory. It was great and the weather was perfect. Sorry some of these pictures are so tiny.

Loving the balloon from Ms. Shea.

Wagon fun with friends.

Maddy finally discovers how to get some juice out of the juice box.

Nope, sadly the sunset didn't really look quite this unusual. Just my weird camera.

Junk food. Mmmm mmmm good! What else are you going to eat when you camp?

We went out to Penn Farm which was this cool farm from the 1800's that is in the park we camped in. They had walking trails and you could see all the old buildings and machinery.

Wiped out!

Comments

bee said…

Looks like MM had a great time! Glad you all got to go. I love seeing her with the horse and standing there. So awesome!

November 8, 2010 at 4:00 PM

Jessica said…

Looks like a blast! I'm glad you got a nice rest in. :) How could Maddy not be a born camper with you and Aaron as her parents? It only makes sense that she's a natural!

November 8, 2010 at 8:23 PM

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