Camping at Oakwood State Park

This past week was literally a blur, and it kicked all of our butts. We spent most of the week running between softball games, swimming lessons, and late nights at work. We literally were not home until 8:30 or after every single night of the week. It made for some cranky kids, and such a busy week.

Emma is totally loving her swimming lessons. She loves swimming and she is getting better and better at it. I couldn't get Emma and Elliott's lessons at the same time, so Emma swims during Elliott's lessons, and then during the break, and during her own lesson. So, she ends up getting a good couple of hours of swimming in every day of the week. Plus she gets to go swimming with her summer care group a couple times a week.

Elliott is also liking his lessons. He is so proud that he gets to take swimming lessons by himself with his teachers. He cooperates very well with his lessons, and listens to the teachers. He also is not afraid of anything in the water so far, so that's also a very good first step.

This past weekend, we went to Oakwood to go camping. It was the first time pulling something with our new truck, and everything went really well. We got to the campground at around 7:00pm, so by the time we were set up and ready to go, it was close to 8pm. We ate, and then enjoyed a nice campfire. The kids had a good time running around the glow sticks for most of the night. At about 10:00pm, we sent some very tired kids to bed.

Saturday was a really fun day. It rained overnight, and most of Saturday morning, so we spent some time just hanging out and entertaining the kids for a while. After the rain cleared, we went on many bike rides, did some playing on the playgrounds, and then went for a hike. We took the kids for a half mile hike, and successfully wore them out.

After lunch. Elliott took a nap while John, Emma, and I went canoeing. We rented a canoe, and the three of us went around the the lake for a little while. We had a lot of fun going around the lake, and Emma did really well. She enjoyed it for a while, and then got kind of bored, and we headed back to shore.

At 4pm, John and I left for Sioux Falls to go to the Zac Brown Band concert. It was an awesome show. It was very entertaining, and a great performance. They played for a solid 3 hours. We had so much fun.

We headed back to the campground this morning. We went on some more bike rides and did some more playing, and then it was time to pack up and come home. We are finally unpacked and settled in for the evening. Our tired, cranky kids are in bed, and we are not far behind them. We have one more crazy week ahead of us, and then we can finally slow down a little and relax.

Enjoying some camping