Camping at Greenleaf Lake

We went camping this weekend with our friends the Wixoms. There is nothing better than cooking hot dogs over a fire, eating sticky gooey smores, bike riding and hiking on the trails, seeing beautiful views of the river and lake, fishing, riding paddle boats, and sleeping in tents. The weather turned out perfectly...not too hot and not too cold. We were even able to take the cover off of our tent, so we just slept under a mesh top. It was beautiful to lie in your sleeping bag and look at the stars as you fell asleep. It was great to wake up in the morning and eat delicious pancakes and bacon that Stephanie made for all of us. Grant said she made the most delicious breakfast ever. We always have so much fun with the Wixoms. They have children the exact same ages as Grant, Brady and Drew (plus a one and a half year old), so everyone has a friend to play with. We're lucky to have such great friends.

Brady and Drew slept in a tent with Nick and I. The last time we camped Drew was a little nervous about sleeping outside, but this time he thought it was great. He called it our "sleeping tent". Drew was also very impressed with peeing on the trees. We had only been home from camping for about an hour when I found him outside "watering" the grass. Uh oh!
Grant and Cole slept in their own tent for the first time. I think they stayed up later than any of us, but what a fun adventure!
Setting up tents and starting a fire is hard work! Nick needed a little break after it was all done.