School Starts and Camping

The twins had their first day of school last week...1st Graders!  They were both looking forward to getting back to school and hanging out with their friends and chasing the boys around during recess.  They are very excited.

This weekend was going to be the big Labor Day trip to Door County, but those plans all went awry.  Some flu bug hit everyone except for Jason and most of the trip was spent trying to sleep it off.  On top of that, the brief rain Friday turned into all day rain for Saturday and most of Sunday.  That didn't stop Jenna or the girls from playing a little bit around the campground and still having a good time though.

Our New Zealand trip is coming up this week and we'll try to update while we are out there.

Jenna in the Tent

Here's a quick video from camping.  Jenna was loving just hanging out in the tent and every few minutes she would poke her head around the corner checking out what was going on.  We certainly have some funny kids.

Camping!

This past weekend was the big camping trip and everything went pretty well.  We got rain off and on Saturday, but an impromptu trip to the bowling alley in Prairie du Chien filled the time nicely.  At the campground we got to hike a few trails; one which climbed up the bluff (around 500' in elevation) and wore everyone out except Jenna.  It was really was a fun trip and the twins learned a lot from their Junior Ranger books (they got nice patches after completing some of the activities).  Check out the pictures in the slideshow for some of the views and hiking that we did.