What a wonderful Memorial weekend we had at Lake Emily. The weather was beautiful for the most part. We got a doozy of Thunderstorm on late Sunday night through early Monday morning. The kids had their own tent and slept thought the whole thing without a hiccup. Everyone else had some water in their tents but nothing serious. Matt and I on the other hand, had to throw our tent in the dumpster because it didn't survive the storm. Matt slept in the van and I slept on my cot in our partially collapsed, water drenched tent. Note to self: BUY A QUALITY TENT! That of course means spending money. And most of you know how much I hate doing that. Matt and I still got enough sleep and didn't effect us negatively. Really glad Zach and Sam's tent (which was cheap) kept them dry. Thankfully, the storm happened on our last night and not the first. Otherwise we would have had to run out and buy a tent.
We had a man come to our site with an owl and talk to the kids about her. She was in a car accident at one time and is missing an eye so she no longer can live in the wild. Apparently crows hate owls and we had one show up and voice his protest the entire time the owl was at our site.
Because of the hot weather, the ice cream man showed up and Matt's brother, John bought all the kids a treat. It was also John's birthday on Monday but we celebrated it on Sunday night with an ice-cream cake, yum :).
Matt also came up with a fun little project for the kids on Memorial Day. Bird seeds, glue and paper plate to make their own pictures to honor those who died for our country.
The one thing that was the highlight of every day while we were there was of course the beach! Sam relentlessly asked to go.
Zach and I got sun burned so after the first day I stuck to the shade. Zach still played on the beach and enjoyed the cool water a bit. He sure doesn't whine anymore about putting on sun block. Lesson learned...painfully. Sam is blessed with the Baierl olive skin that takes more to burn. We all used the same sun block but she has this golden tan while Zach and I yelp when touched. I'm so jealous.
Another on of the kids favorite activities was to whittling.
And then they used those stick to roast marshmallows.
All and all it was a great camping experience filled with memories to cherish.
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