Donner Lake . . . finally!

I am finally posting the pictures from our Donner Lake camping trip.  I don't know that it has ever taken me this long before!

Fun around the camp sites:

Danny and Hannah use a fire pit as a race car

The making of mud pies - yummy!

 Heidi and Hallie

Maysie

Magic Tricks

Mom and Dad watching Bethany play

Bethany playing

A (rare) picture of me I like

Austin and Danny use their chairs as rocket packs!

 Little Miss Gracie

 Danny Boy

Hallie Mae

At the Water - thank goodness it was warm enough for swimming this year!

Austin at the lake

Dera taking Tyler and Emma out on a canoe ride

Nessa and Laith

My sisters  :)

Danny at the creek

Austin exploring the creek

Trinity Lake - Memorial Day Weekend Camping Trip

The boys and I got to go to Trinity Lake this last weekend with my cousins Andera and Miriam, her hubby Gatlin and Gatlin's family.  It was a corner of the world I had never been to before and it was so beautiful!  The little town of Weaverville I can't wait to go back and explore.  We had fun hanging around the camp playing (or napping) in the hammock, playing badminton, a lot of time around the campfire due to the chilly weather and good food, and if there was water and rocks near by the boys were in heaven!  I especially loved getting to explore waterfalls, playing in the hail storm, target practice and all the dogwood trees and wildflowers in bloom.

Pictures from Family

I bet you thought you were done with camping pictures, but not just yet!  These are the pics I snagged from my mom and sister's cameras.

Down at the creek catching crawdads, tadpoles and little fishies:

At Cabela's with an uncooperative Danny:

At the pond:

Father's Day morning, me, my sis and my dad

Father's Day

Father's Day this year also happened while we were camping and on Danny's birthday as well.  The boys each made Bryce a card.  Danny's had train tracks and circles on it, and Austin's I can't remember because he lost it.  But Austin picked out a new watch for Bryce all on his own!  Bryce also got a new set of kitchen knives from Cabela's because our old set at home drove him crazy (they never stayed sharp enough!).