Lake Claiborne

Mom and I took Brooke and Brody camping at Lake Claiborne this weekend. And I'm not talking about that "sissy" kind of camping with RV's and air conditioning and television. :) I am talking about the real thing - tents and campfires and critters. Actually, it was really a very pleasant weekend. Highs in 80's, but it would get down in the 50's at night, so we stayed very cool. It was great. And the kids loved it too. Here are some pics!


Our home away from home. And we were so proud of ourselves. We had it completely put up in about 10 minutes!
Roasting marshmallows - my favorite part of camping :)
And Brody's too!!

If you look very closely you can see a squirrel in this tree, with a marshmallow in his hands (do squirrels have hands? paws?). Anyway, Brody dropped one of his marshmallows before he starting roasting it, and this squirrel ran right over, picked it up, and took off up this tree, and munched away. It was hilarious.

Asleep in the tent...

Playing on a raft in the water. And no worries...the water they were playing in only came up to Brody's knees when he stood in it. I know it doesn't look like it, but I promise, it did. And he loved his floaties. Wouldn't go near the water without them!