Camping @ Tri-Ponds 2010

We had a wonderful time camping this year. We went at the very end of July for 4 nights. We tried a new spot this year at Tri-Ponds and we LOVED IT!!! They have a pond and pool, game room, petting zoo, lots of space to ride your bike, a playground and a jumpng pillow. Us adults even enjoyed some volleyball. So there are lots of things to do which is good because the kids range in age from 14-1, so there was plenty for everyone to do. The weather was beautiful, we hung out the pool, we played card games and we could see the kids playing in the pond from where we camping. We are definetly going back next year for a full week and this next time we are renting a cabin. Already looking forward to it!


hanging at the pool

** disclaimer- no child was harmed in this photo, nor did he consume any adult beverages :)**

BUSTED!!!!!! doesn't it look like he is cracking open a cold one!! He knew he was being a stinker!

most of the gang, hanging around the fire and making some smores! YUM!!

some cute photo ops....

can't be totally disconnected from the rest of the world, on the internet..probally Facebook.

Levi's bathing tub, it was nice that the camper we rented had a shower on the outside and it had hot water too.

some of the things we did....playing on their new jumping pillow, playing on the playground, riding bikes and playing in the dirt are just of the few things we enjoyed doing.

Levi and Max's "prison" They did not like it very much, but Levi did tolerate it for about 10 minutes on a few differnt occasions. on the way back home....camping is hard work (and it was past his naptime.

Big Brothers

This is what happens when you have big brothers..........

Fair Fun

Just before we went camping they had Kids Day at the Ottawa county fair grounds, we have gone several years in a row now, I think this is the first that John has been able to come with us, so that was a fun day to spend some family time together. It was a nice hot day, but they had plenty of shade to stand under. The boys did the pedal pulls, rode tons of games and checked out all the animals. They even had a wild animal exhibit this year beside the typical farm animals, so that was neat. They even had camels to ride, for $5 of course!(we didn't ride them, just looked at them) I will post about our camping trip later, as this one took awhile and its getting late.

My boys :) the best picture I could get of all three, too many distractions. ( I think some cows were walking by after being judged)

Levi was a little trooper the whole day riding around in his stroller. We did take a little ice cream break and let him run around a bit. I thought he would for sure fall asleep there but he crashed in the car on the way home.

For $10 they got a wristband to wear and use for unlimited rides, so we tried just about every one and repeated some too. Riley loved all the rides ( he takes after me) he is tall enough to go on the bigger rides himself. His favorite was the Gravitron( do you remember this from when we were younger it spins you around in circles and you are "stuck" to the wall you can't move anything) John first went on it with him b/c he thought that he would be scared, but he ended up doing it 3 times in a row! Once was enough for John, he had a headache afterwards. Getting old sucks!

John went on the ferris wheel with the boys b/c they really wanted to go by themselves, but there was no way I would let that happen. There are no seat belts and the doors just swing open. Not a good idea with to young, rowdy boys high up in the air.

They had no idea what they were in for with this ride and when it first dropped them Carter was terrified, but once he realized that he was not going to crash into the ground he enjoyed it and even went on it again later.

Riley has done the pedal pulls for a couple years now and he finally got 1st place. He was so excited and proud of himself.

Carter did the pedal pulls for the first time this year, but only if I walked next to him and he ended up with third place.

Levi checking out the animals for the first time. He was a little hesitant and then got a little spooked when it licked his hand.

sorry about the color of the tractor grandpa ( it should be John Deere green)