Oh for Sweetness Sake: Playing at the lake

This was our first camping trip as a family of four together and I took a bazillion pictures, here are some of my favorites.

Shane kept saying the whole ride there, "I think this is going to be better than Disneyland!" He was so excited to go fishing, swimming and to do s'mores, of course.

My little rock collector. We'd walk this short trail from the cabin to the water

she was determined to see how many rocks she could carry back up the hill

just a few more, c'mon thumb work with me

ehhh the heck with it!

At home we always use the gas grill, but I loved tasting the smokey flavor from the charcoal, we need to do this more!

We ate s'mores every night:)

Had some nice quite time with the Mr. before the kids woke up. It was so perfect and peaceful exactly what this mama needed!

Growing up I never really cared for camping that much, I can say I truly appreciate it now. Even though some of you might argue that bringing your flat iron, lipstick and cardigans with you is not really camping. (I can't help it, it's my mother's southern priss showin'). We enjoyed our time being close to nature and to each other, and hopefully setting a new tradition in place with many more memories to come.

I love this one!

Sweetness

Maddie chasing the ducks, they were teasing her, it was pretty funny to watch. We kept a good eye on her to make sure she didn't get too close to them.

The girls hangin'

He was making her do the best belly laugh

one pooped baby

The boys building a moat

Ahhh not a bad view to wake up to

I helped prep some meals, Shane did most of the cooking (okay... all), he is the Breakfast and Bar- B-Q master! My man has skillz!

This was his cabin french toast, he surprises me, we didn't have any vanilla so he used my french vanilla coffee creamer and I couldn't tell the difference.Way to improvise babe!