Camping

Hazel wants to camp there (Whidbey) every time.  We had crazy fun family time with a true sleeping-in-a-tent camping night.  The kids loved it.  Our mini-vacation including climbing trees, riding bikes, using a slingshot, fishing, beachcombing, and hot dogs.  Even Harvey had a hard time settling down at bedtime (he was harder than the kids!) and ended up in the tent snuggling first under Abby's sleeping bag so she couldn't stretch out and later between me and Hans.

Setting up camp:

 

 

 

On the water:

 

Eli caught a fish!

 Beachcombing:

The kids were disappointed when we called a halt to fishing and worked our way back to the boat launch.  We only caught the one fish, and that was in the first 30 seconds of the line in the water!

 

What we found when we returned to Farmor's and Grandpop's house:

Naughty Harvey slipped into the house unnoticed and was peeking at us from the master bedroom window when he heard us pull in.

Pip "thumbs up" lunch with grandparents:

It was great to camp at Harlan's and Karen's.  Their backyard is way cooler than ours.  We're happy their home from their 40th anniversary adventure!