The Wild Outdoors, I survived.

After much begging by Amelia, Luke, Stephen and my friend Cynthia, I managed to "man up" and go camping. We went with four other families, so lots and lots of kids. Despite never ending rain the first night, it was really fun. Amelia and Luke thought it was the best thing in the world. Luke told me while drinking hot chocolate, "Mom, this is the best day ever." Here are the kids on our first morning after "sleeping" in the tent. The children slept great, Stephen barely slept. Cynthia, Addison and I were cozy in the pop up camper so we did alright and were nice and dry.

Yummy hot chocolate to warm up on a wet morning.

Lots of places for the kids to run and explore. It was nice to let them get as dirty as they wanted, run as fast as they wanted and do whatever they wanted for a whole weekend. Luke is wearing a Star Wars rain poncho that was Tommy's when he was a little boy. How cool is that, a vintage poncho? Luke loves it, especially since it was Tommy's.

Our little, cutie camper. Addison just rolled with camping, just like she always does. Camping didn't bother her a bit.

Our little girly campers.

"The boys" Luke always thinks it's pretty awesome to hang out with the big boys. Luke and Stephen found these bows in the woods so the boys kept busy with those.

Amelia and Mckenzie decorating our campsite for Halloween.

Proof I was there. And look, I am even smiling.

After the rain left in the early morning, it was a beautiful day for camping.

Me, Kristen and Cynthia hanging by the campfire.

Trick or treating time!

What an awesome place to trick or treat. Each campsite decorates for Halloween and families go all out. Each site just got better and better. Their were lots of haunted paths and amazing lights and "monsters." It was super fun for the kids to be able to experience all that Halloween fun in the dark. Amelia marched right through the sites, no matter how scary, nothing was getting in the way of her getting candy. Luke tried to act brave but he definitely was gripping my hand pretty tight a few times.

Addison Kate's first time trick or treating. She was content to just eat her cheerios.

We came home from camping after trick or treating that night. I decided one night of the Wild Outdoors was enough for me. I missed my bed, my bathroom and my shower. Of course all of the children fell asleep immediately on the car ride home (about 45 minutes away). We clearly needed to bathe them before bed so we woke them up and told them to head upstairs for a bath. I was upstairs with Amelia, Stephen was still getting Addison out of the car and this is how he found Luke. Poor guy only made it this far up the stairs and then sleep won.