We have been planning this weekend to Lava for months we invited 7 other families and were super excited about getting to know people and spending some time as a family camping. The last couple days before we left 5 families dropped out. I was pretty frustrated/disappointed...I just think if it was a priority people would have come. But regardless we decided to go anyways and have fun with the couple other families that were coming. Matt came home half day from work and we loaded the coolers and were on our way. We stopped at the BE Fair to get a couple cheeseburgers(because they are the bomb) and then continued on our journey. The girls both slept about half way and Matt and I talked about the past week and its happenings. When we got to the camp ground the weather was perfectly overcast and on the cooler side which made putting camp up great. We got dinner going after Matt put together our new grill. In the mean time the Gulls arrived shortly followed by the Calders. We all ate dinner and just as we were finishing up it started to rain...light at first and then hard. Luckily we had a couple sun shades that covered our picnic tables and camp chairs. Matt and I attempted to put the girls to bed but the thunder was so loud. So we all came back out to the fire and waited for the rain to stop. Shortly after the rain stopped. I put Gracie to bed and we got the smore stuff out. We all ate smores, visited, and got ready for bed. By then everything was wet and the poor Calders tent was like a giant puddle. They decided to sleep in the car....where it was at least dry. I think we all headed to bed that night a little deflated with how our trip had begun. Gracie slept for a couple hours and woke up crying. It was a different cry I wasn't sure if she wasn't feeling well or was just so tired she couldn't calm down. She cried for quite a while. I walked around the camp ground and she finally calmed down so we headed back for bed. She continued to get up all night every 30 minutes to 1 hour....which made for a very exhausting night. Although Hallie slept through all of it. By 6am Matt and I had both had it and decided to take Gracie for a car ride to see if she would fall asleep. It didn't take long and she was out. Matt parked at a clearing near our camp site and decided to take a nap til the sun came up. When the sun came up Matt went to start the car....no response. We had apparently drained the battery the day before while leaving the lights on while we unpacked. I was back at camp worried sick and pacing since Matt had forgot his cell phone. Matt flagged down a passer by who jumped the car and Matt headed back to camp. I was so relieved to see him but didn't know if I should hug or hit him. We cooked breakfast and all ate together. Luckily Gracie hadn't disturbed anyone elses sleep.
Gracie slept til around 10
The Calders and Gulls packed up their stuff...as you can see there was a puddle under the Calders tent.
We all helped pack up, sat around the fire, and played
Gracie ate some breakfast
And off to the water park we went. It was just across the bridge which made it very convenient.
The girls couldn't get enough of the slides, new kids cove, and jumping in. Several times we were asked how old Gracie was. She would just jump in without hesitation then swim for the ladder to climb up and do it again. I was very surprised at how well she could control herself. She loved the puddle jumper floaty she worn....I think because it gave her a lot more freedom than her life jacket. Hallie wore arm floaties part of the time and her built in life jacket the other...she liked her arm floaties the best probably because they were little mermaid.
Matt, Gracie, and I ate our lunch then we laid Grace down as well. Matt when to check on the girls and they were both asleep in the same position...with arms over their head and feet crossed
While the girls were asleep everyone else headed for home and we were left on our own. We headed back to the water park. While we were there we noticed the clouds were building again. We talked about it and decided we didn't want to deal with another night of rain and no sleep. Hallie even gave her input...as long as I can still swim I would rather go home and sleep in my own bed because I like it better than the tent. So I stayed and played with the girls while Matt went back and loaded up everything. After about 1 hour the girls and I headed back, showered, and then we all loaded in to head for home. The ride home went pretty quickly with the girls watching a movie. We got home and put the girls to bed and then unloaded everything. We had a fun time and can't wait to go back but hope the weather will cooperate with us better next time.
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