laking.

it's been a long time since we've been on a real family vacation. especially not while pregnant. it's been even longer since we've been camping with babies. {with the exception of the backyard, never} and it's been even longer since we've been camping as a family {besides the treachorous honeymoon lowry houseboat, never} . sooo we figured why not go with a big group of friends for three days with a newborn and toddler to re-introduce us to the camping world?

it wasn't that bad to be honest. we are all exhausted, and sore, and on our fourth load of laundry, but we all had a great time and it was nice to be able to escape, i think that it was just what i needed to feel re-juvenated and a better mom. 

we went about three hours south to lake san antonio with some friends and a whole bunch of their friends. 

 it was peaceful. hot during the day, and colder at night. perfect. 

 

conveniently, our friends have kids exactly the same age as ours. greysen's little girl friend gwendylan aka dylan is a month older than him and they are quite cute together. 

and this is dylan's older brother ronin. who, depending on the day and what toy each is playing with, is zak's bff. or his enemy. 

 zak had a great time with his friends. although somehow, he ended up being the only one filthy, digusting and more filthy. he is 100% boy. 

 notice the "war paint" above. and the pants, and shirts below. ugh he was just so gross. thank goodness for showers. 

we spent saturday on the boat and rock beach which was fun. we haven't been boating in several years so it was a nice refresher course. 

 obviously, being awake is exhausting. 

funny thing is that he actually weighs more than dylan, but she's just so much more squishy looking than him. =) 

i also learned how to wake surf, which was a lot of fun and it only took me a couple of tries! {minus the sore arms and back today}

 i thoroughly enjoy this picture for some reason. it cracks me up. 

 i owned that business now. 

war paint. this was zak's first time on a boat, so he was not very sure about it the first time. but he did like to watch mom and dad "do tricks". unfortunately i don't have pictures of levi doing tricks because we had to switch off boating with the kiddies and such. 

this is our host, and kiddie's mom, nancy and i =) 

we had such a great time, unfortunately, levi goes back to school tomorrow. so we're back to the real world. boo.... only 12 more weeks until christmas break. =)