Trolls, Bears, & Ghosts

We took a quick camping trip to Adventures Unlimited this weekend due to the beautiful weather we'd been having. I've been promising to let Ava join us on a trip and this seemed like a good weekend to try it out. She's a good bit younger than the girls and often gets home sick when she's away. Needless to say I was a little nervous as to how she would react in the woods at night...especially since John mentioned all her most feared creatures within 2 hrs of being their...Trolls, Bears & Ghosts. All things that probably have never come up in a conversation between them ever...

Twirps

Gavin showing off his muscles...

Ladies

Smores. I forgot the graham crackers...which was A-Okay by all the minis.

Boo enjoying breakfast

Gav

Swimming in the creek. Notice Gavin adventuring in the background. I was WAY to cold to get that far in!

She made it just the same & we even had a camp break in by raccoons to liven up the night! The kids enjoyed swimming in the frigid waters & as usual the smores were a highlight as well.

We finished the weekend up with a quick dip at Nana & Papa's.

Girls on their "pink ponies"

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