Camping

We headed up to Huntsville State Park this weekend and had a great time camping!! We have been wanting to go since we moved here and finally made it. Friday night we set up camp and took a walk down to the lake. Then we made smores and talked by the fire. Thanks to some friends we had a six man tent (instead of our 3 man) and put the pack in play inside so Matthias went to bed at 8 and the rest of us stayed up until 10.

Setting up Camp:

Walk to Lake:

Around the Fire:

Taylor and I had a freezing night, but James was under 3 layers of sleeping bag (since he is short we folded his over) and Matthias never gets cold. He had no blanket and slept just fine. The temp only got down to 56 degrees, but I was super cold! James kept his diaper dry all night for the first time and I only had to pee once (a story for a more private audience).

Saturday morning we warmed up by the fire and headed on a hike. The first hike was just over one mile and the boys did great. Matthias did get carried most of the way back. Then we broke camp and headed to the nature center for a presentation on alligators. The boys got to pet a baby alligator! After that we went on a little walk (about 1/5 mile) and Matthias was pretty much tired out by then. We headed down to the lake to eat some lunch and play in the water.

The boys had a blast in the water, but Matthias ended up going down face first and was pretty cold and unhappy at that point. So we dried the boys and got in the car to visit a massive statue of the first president of our nation, I mean state...Sam Houston. Totally worth the small detour.


Then home. We had so much fun and hope to make it up again before the weather is too warm.