Memorial Day

Over Memorial Day weekend, we went camping at Cold Springs. This was such a good trip for us. We got to get away and also spend time with family. The kids absolutely loved hanging out with cousins, Cole, Cash, and Rider, all weekend.

This was also Brooklyn's first camping trip. She was a little trooper and seemed to enjoy camping. She spent most of the time being wrapped up in a blanket though because it was a little cold.

The kids loved exploring the pond near our campsite. They climbed logs, threw rocks, and just had fun being boys.

These boys were a little crazy especially Cash. They caught a bunch of different critters in their explorations.

They found a frog near the pond, a snake in the bushes, and of course fish in the lake. They had a great time playing with their new pets. I told them they had to get rid of the snake though because I hate snakes.

Charlotte was so excited to play with Rider. They both had a good time playing Barbies and following the boys around. Rider had no idea she even had a girl cousin and Charlotte didn't know she had someone her age. They were instant friends.

During this camping trip we spent a lot of time fishing. Here we are at Gate's Lake.  

Brooklyn was content just being held by Grandma while everyone else fished.  We must be terrible fishermen because we never catch anything.  The Pryor's caught about 6 fish, and the Hughes's caught a few as well.  We caught nothing. We didn't even get a bite.  Who knows what we are doing wrong?

Another time we walked from our camp up to the Cold Springs Lake. 

We didn't catch anything here either even though you could see the fish swimming in the clear lake water. It was really funny because you could see the fish swim up to the bait and then just swim around it. They must not have been very hungry.  

Russell and Colby went here early in the morning and they did have some luck at that time. They actually caught about 4 fish but when they went to gut the fish they forgot to secure the stringer holding the fish so they all swam away before Russell could grab them, taking the stringer with them. See we are terrible fishermen...

We had a great time at Cold Springs camping for the first time this summer. We hope to have more fun trips like this the rest of the summer.