I was so excited to be going on vacation this year!!! Tyler has been soooo busy that we haven't done a whole lot of camping this year! I forced him to leave a day early for redfish! He did work in the morning but was home around noon and we finished loading the bus! I can't believe how much we fit in there! It was way weighted down.
The kids are all ready to go.
Our first stop was the seventeen mile cave. There wasn't very much light down there but the kids thought it was pretty awesome to go into a cave anyway. They were already for a break by then because of the road construction out that way. We stopped that night just after sun valley the bus decided it was tired and didnt want to work.
No worries though because it made it to the top of galena with no problems the next day. Tyler was really sad that someone had stolen the summit sign though because he wanted people to see that his bus had made it that high!! 
The kids are all ready to go.Our first stop was the seventeen mile cave. There wasn't very much light down there but the kids thought it was pretty awesome to go into a cave anyway. They were already for a break by then because of the road construction out that way. We stopped that night just after sun valley the bus decided it was tired and didnt want to work.No worries though because it made it to the top of galena with no problems the next day. Tyler was really sad that someone had stolen the summit sign though because he wanted people to see that his bus had made it that high!! The rest of that day was filled with putting up camp, playing at the beach and making sure all the grandkids made their first trip to the "lodge" to buy treats with the money some earned from grandma Waddoups! My dad can hardly believe the rate at which the grandkids could earn money he decided to make his own work chart and tried to make $5 for taking a nap! I'm pretty sure that he didn't get the money in the end! 
One of the craziest things about the beach is the amount of ash that has gotten into a select part of the sand. My kids were basically black all week. Pearson i wasn't sure if he actually had legs under all the ash! Everyone thought it was rather funny and i hated trying to put sunscreen on them when i wasn't even sure if it was getting to their skin?
The kids loved the beach though they played there whenever they weren't on their bikes or at the lodge(which happened daily if not more than once a day!!!!) Some where brave enough to be buried! but watch out for sand in your face because Pearson was always near by. The kids did great at going behind the boat tooo! Topher and Cree both tried skiing! Cree actually did it for awhile but then let go of the rope! Cree kneeboarded with her cousin and T.j. started kneeboarding but didn't want to go out very deep so he just let go of the rope!!! Alll three kids also road in the tubes. 
Another fun adventure of redfish is going to the fish hatchery!! Some would perfer not to go but the kids love it! Grandpa always brings enough quarters to make sure the kids get to feed the fish and they just love it!!!!
The aftenoon hike is always fun to grandpa drives us to the other end of the lake in the boat we hike up to the lily ponds and the waterfalls come back down and jump off the cliff!!!! I stayed back at camp this year with Pearson and T.j. so they could take a nap but the others had a great time! Sadly i can't access the pictures of the cliff jumping but it did happen!!!
We sat around the fire alot!! It was always cold in the morning and evening but plenty warm during the day!!!!!!
Oh the hot pots are always so much fun the water is warm and we have to soak!!! I did not get to participate because my awesome baby camper lost it there!!! He loved campiing and playing in the lake but when we got near that warm water he cried and screamed and i finally took him back up to the car while the others enjoyed!!!
T.J. just loved T-ball but he loves swimming lessons even more! Yes now all the kids are signed up for swimming lessons(well not Pearson). And we go everyday for two weeks for an half an hour! He loves riding his bike and terrorizing me and Tyler!! He is figuring out how to bend the rules and making sure he does it well!! We can never find remotes he keeps cutting things up like the pack'n'play and he climbs in the front seat of my van and manages to destroy things that i didn't even know could be destroyed!!
Tyler and the kids have been working alot on the bus! O.k. tyler works and the kids play either way it takes up a lot of time!!! I think they all enjoy it though since they do it quite frequently and the only complaining to be heard would be from ME!!!!!
We have been doing alot of eating and playing with friends to!!! Tyler has made new game for us to play were you throw the golfballs which are attached to rope and if the land on one of the three poles you get so many points. Anyway it is way fun to play! We also have got to play in a friends bounce house, and then they let the kids play on their climbing wall! 
Pearson is doing really well!! He loves to sing and make noises he thinks it is soooo great! I'm not sure if his hearing was really well before the tubes but he can definately hear us now and he loves to be sang too! We are having problems with milk and him. He throws up whole mik, and 2% seemed to be working but alas there was more throw up, i thought lets make this easy and decided to see how he did with T.j.'s rice milk, thought it wa going to work and then major diahrea!! Don't think i want to do that so we are going to stick with Formula for awhile longer since he can have the Enfamil brand with out any problems(Similac makes him throw up big time:( can't figure out the difference though)! I'm sure he is going to be walking in no time but for now he crawls like a wild man and he is loving it!!!!
