Charlie's First Camping Trip!

This past weekend, we went on our first family camping trip to Norway Lake. We joined three other families, people Pete works with, for a wonderful weekend in the wilderness. No phones, no showers, and no electricity! This was Charlie's and Payton's first time out, so I was a little nervous... not to mention it was my first time camping again since I was a kid. We got there on Friday afternoon and set everything up. Even in the first 15 minutes, you could tell Charlie was in his element. There were 4 other boys from ages 4-8 for him to play with, so he was in hog heaven! One of the boys, Ethan, was Charlie's favorite. He always wanted to play with him, and lucky for us, Ethan was a champ. He has a 10-month-old brother, so he's had some practice with little ones. We had some wonderful meals, provided by my wonderful hubby, played at the beach, enjoyed some quality time with new friends, fished, played some Catch Phrase, and just enjoyed being out in nature. It was a pretty hot weekend and Pete had to travel again Monday morning, so we got up Sunday morning and headed home early. I'm glad we did because it ended up being 90 here! It was a great first camping experience for us. Payton got attacked by the horseflies, but that was our only negative part of the weekend! Charlie definitely has his Daddy's blood because he was a natural! Pete knew just what to bring to keep us comfortable and taken care of, so that made all the difference in the world! We are looking forward to our next trip!

Charlie and Pete "cheers-ing" after setting everything up.

Getting the fire ready for dinner.

Enjoying some Cheerios for breakfast.

Dad making some yummy breakfast burritos for breakfast.

Payton making an attempt to hide from the nasty horseflies that loved biting his snout.

Breakfast time!

No one else would take care of me camping as well as my amazing hubby!

Little man and I striking a pose.

Our little family... minus Payton who was hiding.

First time fishing with Daddy!

My little fishermen!

Such a beautiful place! I loved seeing my guys down by the lake like this!

Here is Charlie casting in the water. He had some practice in Papa & Mimi's family room last weekend, but this was his first time actually casting in the lake! He's pretty good already! Definitely has his Daddy's fishing genes!