Breakfast

Our first morning at Grammy and Papa's we got up and played for a little while and then went to their local tea room.

Swimming

 On Sunday we had a wonderful time just relaxing, swimming, and having snacks with Sam, Ashley, and Berkley.

 Joli LOVED swimming with Uncle Sam!

 Markus woke up from a nap and I realized he had slept through lunch, so he ate a little.

 Ashley's belly feels amazing in the pool!

 Ashley was awesome and did my hair for me even though I know it was very uncomfortable!! Love you!!!!!

We love being with our family!!

Hiking and Camping

After about three hours of sleep (courtesy of Markus rolling back and forth across the tent all night and some noisy neighbors), we woke to the sun.

The kids were happy to play in the tent while we attempted to wake up.

Eventually we made it out of the tent and I started breakfast. The kids were excited.

 Joe started a nice fire for us.

 Then we all got dressed and headed off to do some hiking.

 There were some fun logs to climb on.

 Havoc was very stressed out that we were on the log, and kept coming over to jump on the log and check on us.

 Markus decided he wanted to climb too.

 Then we decided to move on and let Markus walk some.

 Markus was very slow and the dogs were very fast.

 Then we all tried to cross a cattle guard, and while Brody kept getting stuck, Markus fell and hit his head and busted open his top lip. It was very sad.

 We let him walk a little farther then put him back in the backpack.

 The dogs always start out very excited and then just wear themselves out.

 It was a beautiful day.

 Joli was her typical "I hate hiking" self, so I attached her to my backpack.

 Markus was lulled to sleep by Joe's walking.

 Then we made it to the pond! Every one was happy then!

 After a nice lunch, we hiked back to the campsite. Markus was happy to be back to his dirt and trucks, Joli was happy not to be walking anymore.

 The dogs were pooped!

 We ended up eating dinner, making smores and then packing the car and heading home. We were supposed to leave early in the morning, but Joe and I both agreed that we wouldn't make it another night without sleep!