Oops! Got my posts out of order. I still have some summer fun to share! The end of August is my birthday and our anniversary 2 days later. So typically we end up celebrating out one evening and home another. I decided with all the HEAT I didn't want to bake a cake, so a frozen Hershey's Pie it was!
I think the kids approved of my choice!
Our anniversary was spent preparing to go on our second camping trip of the summer. This time we went for two nights to Ocean Shores and we were on our own. The weather was just o.k., but I was so glad it didn't pour (until the last day when we were packing up to go home). We got there on a Wednesday night, so the campground was fairly empty, which was nice and quiet for us! The boys helped Tristan set up the tent.
This time around was different with Ashton because he was no longer crawling, which was so nice. In a lot of ways it made things a lot easier. The one downside was he really didn't like having to hang out in the pack-and-play like he did earlier in the summer. It was also a little tricky with the fire, but overall he did great!
Such a big boy!
The boys thought it was fun to hang out under this tree like a little hidden fort.
Enjoying some time by the camp fire
We brought some Jiffy Pop and the boys thought it was really cool to watch it pop up.
Ready for bed in the tent!
The next day Tristan took the boys for a short hike while I got lunches packed for our day trip down to the beach. They found this cool Banana Slug.
We thought these tree branches were really cool.
We had a great day down at the beach. The weather was great. It wasn't cold or too windy, so we were able to be comfortable and spent the whole day hanging out and playing.
Ashton loved digging in the wet sand. He was a MESS by the time the day was done.
Toward the end of the day we moved down the beach to the jetty and the boys had a blast playing on the rocks and having their own little cove to play in together.
We got some good waves crashing into our little cove!
The boys had me pretending this was my bed.
We had a good time watching this guy fishing and even saw him pull a small fish out, which he released.
We packed up and decided to drive to another part of the beach where cars can drive along the water. I thought it was funny that our GPS actually showed us in the water at one point (we weren't)!
Ashton and Carter fell asleep in the car, so Ethan, Tristan and I decided to get out and wander out by the water. Ethan snapped this picture of us. It was so weird to relive the (quiet) days of only one little running around.
A group of horseback riders came by while we were there.
Ethan found a hole someone had dug and was pretending to be a gopher. Lol!
That night we did camping haystacks and S'mores by the fire. We also played some board games and the boys had fun playing with some kids who had come in during the day and set up camp.
The next morning was pretty wet. We packed up earlier than we had planned, but we were ready. All the kiddos were out cold on the way home--a sure sign that a lot of fun was had! Ashton really didn't do well at night on this trip, so he was wiped out! We are loving camping with our boys. I'm already ready to start making reservations for some trips for next summer!
