Camping at Cumberland Falls State Park - May 2014

Since we moved to Kentucky 5 years ago Dorothy and I have been discussing going camping. This past spring we finally made it happen! Our families met Grammy and Grand-dad at Cumberland Falls State Park in southern Kentucky and we had a fabulous weekend!

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McKinley, Grand-Dad and Jackson had fun playing with the games Aunt Dorothy brought.

 

 The big girls enjoying the kids tent

  Jackson and Holden enjoying some yummy camp food - cookies do count as a health food when you're camping right?

 There were a ton of tent worms around our campsite. Kennedy discovered she could have tent worm races and the other kids found this game entertaining as well. What a nut! :)

 On Saturday we headed to the falls to take a hike and enjoy the beautiful spring weather.

The girls and Jackson inside a tree.

  Grammy & Jackson taking a short break and Grand-Dad & Kennedy posing for me

A couple of shots of Daddy with his sweet baby

 

McKinley (14 1/2 months)

 Holden and Kennedy on our hike

  Quick family shot in front of the falls

  Cousins :)

 Sisters

Reagan (7) and Kennedy (5 1/2) with their new baseball caps 

 Not sure if she's my mini me...

 or Grand-Dad's mini me...

 These two girls are always ready to pose for a picture :)

 Instead of heading back to the car after we saw the falls we decided to keep following the trail. The kids found some fun rocks to climb on along the way.

 

And then we found a beach where we could get super messy and have lots of fun! :)

 

 

 Uncle Dan took time to try and teach Reagan how to skip rocks

 Missy K busy climbing some more rocks on our way back

 I thought this picture of McKinley and Jackson sharing Fruit-Loops for breakfast Sunday morning was so super sweet. :)

Thank you for such a fabulous weekend! This was sooo much fun and we can't wait to go camping again! I just hope it doesn't take us another 5 years to plan our next trip! :)

Girl Scout Camp 2013 - Day 2

I think this picture of the Daisies ready to canoe has to be one of the cutest pictures ever!!! I LOVE this picture and all these sweet little girls! I couldn't help but start this post with this picture even if it is a bit out of order. :)

Our day actually began with breakfast, prepared by the girls and it was quite the feast including eggs and a new favorite treat called "Dough Boys," among other things. To make a Dough Boy you take premade biscuits and wrap them around the end of your stick (which has tinfoil on it). You then bake it, roll it in butter and cinnamon sugar and you have a wonderfully tasty breakfast treat!

 The Daisies all busy with their Dough Boys

 Reagan and Kennedy with their completed Dough Boys

 Headed to the lake to canoe

 

While we were down at the docks we had the opportunity to see this dragon fly emerge and dry out in the sun

Then we noticed the shells of the dragon flies were everywhere. Here are three who came out at the same time and played piggyback as the came out before flying away.

 Sweet Miss Nina 

 Kennedy walking with the big girls from canoeing back to camp for lunch

 Time for a swim!

 We have several sister groups in our troop and I was able to capture a picture of most of them together in the pool. :)

 



Nina was a little unsure about the pool at first but was having a great time in no time at all! :) 

 Headed back to camp to pack up and get ready to go 

Here is a picture of our crew of Daisies, Brownies, Juniors and Cadets from our troop that were able to participate in our two day camp. They are such a great group of girls!

 Thank you so much to everyone who organized and made this trip possible for all our girls. Thank you also to all of you who purchased Girl Scout cookies in support of our troop. Thru our cookie sales none of the girls had to pay for this experience and we appreciate that so much!

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Thank you also to Ms. McKinley's birthday buddy, Lauren. I don't know what we would have done without her to watch my two little munchkins while Tim was at work and I was with the big girls.

What a great way to kick off a super fun summer! We look forward to many more wonderful camp experiences and memories at Camp Judy Lane!