Earlier in July we went camping with Matt's parents. It was a great weekend!! We always have so much fun camping with them.
On Friday, the boys went to the John Deere Classic. Matt & Maxwell were excited to have Matt's dad join them. It was the first time at a PGA event for both Jim & Maxwell. Matt went last year with some friends for work. Thanks to his great employer, John Deere, they were able to go into the JD tent and enjoy food and beverages while they were out there. While the boys were at the JD Classic, Kaylee, LaWanna and I had our own fun. After lounging in the morning, we went out to lunch for pizza. Kaylee was very excited that the waitress made her pepperoni's into a smiley face.
We then did some shopping on Main Street in Cedar Falls. A lot of fun shops to explore. LaWanna decided that they need to come back while the kids are in school so her & I can go into them all without an impatient 7 year old! :) After shopping on main street, we went to the mall in Waterloo. Kaylee was such a trooper. After trying on way more outfits than Kaylee would like to remember her and Gramma found a couple adorable ones they had to have.
After a quick stop to grab a few items for Maxwell, we headed back to the campground and Kaylee wanted to go swimming. It was chilly but she did convince me to get in with her a for a little bit. Mostly, she just played by herself. She has a such a wonderful imagination. LaWanna and I laughed and laughed at some of the things she would come up with. We had so much fun just sitting and watching her in the water.
The kids always stay in the camper and Matt & I sleep in our tent when we go camping with Jim & LaWanna. On Friday night, that was the same. Until the rain came! And kept coming! At first, we thought the occasional drip of water was just condensation build up. But it came more and more often and then Matt was getting a cold misty shower. :-(
We tried to tough it out but after a good 2 hours of not getting any sleep and water collecting in the corner, we threw in the towel! Matt went out in the pouring rain to drive the Honda next to the tent while I quickly packed up our stuff. He threw everything in the car and then we went into the camper. It was about 5am when we finally went inside. He climbed in bed with the kids and I "slept" on a chair.
We can laugh now about it - but neither of us was laughing in the early hours of the morning!
On Saturday, Maxwell had his baseball tournament. The weather was crazy. Hot, humid and then cold and windy. We made it back to the camper within minutes of a downpour! We watched the storm come in during Maxwell's game.
Maxwell's team played 2 games - they won one and lost one. They played great! Lots of hits and it was so fun to watch the boys have fun. It was a long season with a lot more losses than wins...so this was a great way to end the season!!
Saturday night Matt & I did not brave our tent. We took over the bed and the kids got the floor!
Sunday it was time to say good-bye. We had a great time, as always, and were sad to say goodbye to Jim & LaWanna and our fun camping weekend!!
Some family pictures - we always need to do some silly in between the "serious" ones. :-)
