TwinsRus: Best Efforts!

So I cannot figure out how on earth to put
the pictures where I want them. So I just
added a bunch and the text I wrote is down
toward the bottom. I thought it would
be best if I gave up trying before I broke
my computer out of frustration. If
anyone can explain to me how to move
them around better, please do!!! Thanks!!!

Well, lets just say, we have it our best efforts to camp. The ride there was pretty nice, about 2 hours away, with some un wanted construction of course. The kids watched a movie on the way, and that kept them entertained and they slept for a little bit. Braxton thought the best place to rest his foot would be on the DVD player. Lovely. When we got to the place, my brother in law and sister in law already had a beautiful place they had been the previous night. But unfortunately Brett's parents trailer could not get into the spot. So we had to go to a different one. We set up a tent by the trailer, we weren't sure if we would be sleeping in the trailer or in the tent. During the day the kids attempted to roast some marshmellows, Brooklyn wasn't sure she liked them. Crazy I know! And they played in the dirt, played with bubbles, played in the river, and got lots of love and attention from grandparents. They both had a few "moments" were I considered pulling my hair out, but they were pretty good and happy overall.

They got new camping chairs and they thought those were pretty cool, it was cute when they were carrying them and sitting in them, since they knew they were just for them. When it came close to bed time, the kids got to have what they called a "camping bath" Brett's mom got 2 pans of water and 2 wash cloths and let them stand in the pans and clean off. They both that it was pretty fun and kept yelling camping bath! :) Soon after that when they would have normally been in bed for a long time, we were trying to figure out the sleeping situation. They are simply not used to sleeping anywhere but in their own bed, why should they be? We don't go anywhere very often... well they didn't want to go to bed of course and it was starting to get dark out and cooling off but they were still going full speed. We decided it would be best just to head back home. I know I know, we gave up pretty fast, but Brett and I both knew it was going to be a long and stressful night. We didn't want to make it hard for anyone else either. It was just starting to thunder, which after a hot day sounded nice to me, but both the kids are scared of it and yeahhhh. I didn't want to make it a horrible experience or else I might never want to try it again. :) So about 9:15 we headed back home and got home and got the kids in bed around 10:45, well they had slept in the car on the way, but I was happy to be sleeping in my own bed knowing I will get some sleep. ONE DAY we will try again, I think next summer when the kids are a little older. I know they had fun while we were there and that's what counts right???

All in all it was a good time and I am glad we got to spend the day up there! Here are some pictures to show what we did :)