Rudy and I spent Labor Day weekend camping with the Gjerde's in Delaware at Killens Pond.
When we arrived Friday night, we took a hike and had some beautiful pond views.
The kids found a dock to walk on.
And Rudy had to check out the water.
Jumping from the dock was great fun.
Ashton on the steps.
Siblings on the dock.
Saturday we headed to the water park.
I just missed getting Rudy.
Lily off the slide.
Trying the lily pads.
After the water park we hiked over to the nature center on the other side of the pond.
Years ago we took a picture here on this log.
Relaxing at the Nature Center.
Checking out the paddle boats.
After dinner we went on a hayride. The kids are always miles ahead of us.
Love Rudy and Ashton's faces!
Me and my boy
Boys being boys
The little speck in the distance is Olav running to get to the hayride.
Friends.
Sunset over the trees
On Sunday we decided to rent some boats- a paddle boat for Olav and the kids and a canoe for me and Kim.
We got Olav and the kids set up, waved good-bye and set out on our canoe.
Then we headed back to the water park.
After dinner we walked down to the playground for a while.
These first ones turned out too dark, but near the playground are some great climbing trees, so all the kids spent some time doing that (Lily gets the award because she did it in a long skirt!)
Monday morning was pack up and leave time. The kids went to the playground for a while on their own while we started packing.
Rudy wanted to show some things to Lily before we went.
Then it was time for the usual pictures.
The whole (much smaller this time) gang.
Gjerde family
Silly version
Silly version
The Guatemalans ("pretend you don't like each other")
"Okay, now pretend you like each other"
The kids
The boys
And ending with a perfect photobomb from Lily.
When we arrived Friday night, we took a hike and had some beautiful pond views.
The kids found a dock to walk on.
And Rudy had to check out the water.
Jumping from the dock was great fun.
Ashton on the steps.
Siblings on the dock.
Saturday we headed to the water park.
I just missed getting Rudy.
Lily off the slide.
Trying the lily pads.
After the water park we hiked over to the nature center on the other side of the pond.
Years ago we took a picture here on this log.
Relaxing at the Nature Center.
Checking out the paddle boats.
After dinner we went on a hayride. The kids are always miles ahead of us.
Love Rudy and Ashton's faces!
Me and my boy
Boys being boys
The little speck in the distance is Olav running to get to the hayride.
Friends.
Sunset over the trees
On Sunday we decided to rent some boats- a paddle boat for Olav and the kids and a canoe for me and Kim.
We got Olav and the kids set up, waved good-bye and set out on our canoe.
In no time out boat looked like this. (Lily and Rudy both decided they wanted to be in the canoe, so we met at a dock and switched off.)
Then we found another dock and my view looked like this- Rudy in front rowing.
And we went to a dock again to switch everyone around to look like this- Lily in front and me in back.
After boating, we had lunch and hung out at camp for a while. The kids played in the dirt because, why not?
Then we headed back to the water park.
After dinner we walked down to the playground for a while.
These first ones turned out too dark, but near the playground are some great climbing trees, so all the kids spent some time doing that (Lily gets the award because she did it in a long skirt!)
Monday morning was pack up and leave time. The kids went to the playground for a while on their own while we started packing.
Rudy wanted to show some things to Lily before we went.
Then it was time for the usual pictures.
The whole (much smaller this time) gang.
Gjerde family
Silly version
Me and my too-tall boy.
Silly version
The Guatemalans ("pretend you don't like each other")
"Okay, now pretend you like each other"
The kids
The boys
And ending with a perfect photobomb from Lily.
