Father's Day Weekend Camping Trip!

Last weekend, we headed a little north to Guajome Park to go camping with some friends.  Jordan's not exactly the most outdoorsy person ever, but he made an effort and we had a really great time :)

Upon arrival, Ez and Desmond discovered how much fun a tiny, blinking ball can be...

The first night was pretty uneventful, as everyone arrived at different times and we pretty much just set up camp, let the kids get their crazy out and went to sleep.  The following day, we had breakfast and took a little hike over to one of the playgrounds at the park.  The sun was pretty hot and though the kiddos got sleepy quickly, they managed to have a great time.  

Ez and Desmond drove the fire truck...

Claire made the mistake of stopping to pick up a hitchhiker ;-)

The heat was getting to be a little too much, so we went down into the woods...where the bugs were...
but still managed to get some cute shots of the kids :)

 It was Father's Day, after all!

 The kids enjoyed a little appetizer of watermelon after their nature hike (to another playground within the park).  You can tell by their full mouths that they were happy about this idea...

 Ezra stole Claire's hat and promptly applauded his own achievement...

 Thugs.

 We discovered that Ezra really, really loved fennel flowers as we were on a nature walk one day.  He kept trying to eat every random yellow flower that he saw and also kept signing "more flower!" at us when we'd pull him away from the dandelions and buttercups :)  He's so freakin cute.

 My cute little man...

E-Z-E,
playing since 2010.

We had a really great time and I'm SO looking forward to making it a tradition.  The kids had so much fun and it'll be awesome to keep doing it as they get older :)