...the life and times of a ragamuffin mother and the boys who have her heart...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Family campout...
We went to a state park in Arkansas with my family for a week. We did a lot of kayaking, rough housing, bike riding, eating, Dominion/Shadows over Camelot/Puerto Rico-playing, swimming and just sitting around outside and talking. My parents have very generously organized and funded these annual get-togethers for years now. I think we were able to spend more time together on this trip than any other year. I love watching my kids develop relationships with my family. I love being an aunt. It's so much fun to hang out with kids whose sugar intake, obedience and general degree of spoiled-rottenness is not my responsibility. I love that, as is inevitable when families spend this much time together, we can rub one another the wrong way and resolve it. Here are a few pictures...
Graveside service for a moth
Aaron attempting to beat the excess testosterone out of David and Andrew
My brothers and me with our babies
Nothing says, "Cool," like a flashlight strapped to your forehead.
Jacob was Ian's self-appointed caretaker (he broke his leg and is in a wheelchair for 2 months) for much of the trip.
* Chris was here, just not on the days I took out my camera.
So much fun! Can't believe we never broke out the dominoes for 42! Love you guys.
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