Sisters Go Camping

Well summer is in full swing and that means full schedules and lots of traveling!  My sisters and I grew up camping and now that we are older, we want to carry on that tradition with each other and our growing families.  We hadn't been since 2008 so we finally got something on the calendar for this past weekend!  Allison had reserved two campsites for us at Table Rock State Park and we all arrived late Friday evening to set up camp!

Getting the campsite set up and dinner ready!

Sittin' around the campfire

Roasting marshmallows for s'mores!

Saturday was Silver Dollar City day!  It was a beautiful day for the amusement park and everyone was so excited to get there and play all day.  Unfortunately, that's what everyone else thought too...

Taking the shuttle over to the park

Stew was way too excited to be in the carriage

The girls getting measured for which rides they can go on!

Uncle Jay and Aunt Leslie taking Lucy and Amelia on the Grand Exposition Coaster

Hands in the air!

Chris and me wearing our aviators :)

Ummm... the best part of the day!  Fanny's Funnel Cakes!  Yum-O

Ice cream for everyone!

What a mess, Stew!

After our afternoon dessert, Allison and I took the kids to the Marvel Cave tour.  Leslie, Jay and Chris went to have some fun on the "big kid" rides.  

Here we are waiting for the tour to start... too hilarious not to post.

The beginning of our cave tour...  Allison ended up having to leave the tour early with the June bugs so it was just Lucy and me.  We had some really great one-on-one time together!  

Going down, down, down the stairs!

 Some cool cave features...

The train ride back up!

Overall, a great day at SDC!

Sissy pic

Saturday night we were exhausted from the long day, but not enough so that we couldn't celebrate Amelia's birthday!  Allison made a chocolate cake in the dutch oven - impressive!  We all gathered around to sing happy birthday and watch her blow out the candles.  After Chris and Allison sent the kids to bed (they were EXHAUSTED!), we sat around the fire again and talked late into the night!  We were exhausted, too, but it was worth it to spend that quality time together. 

Sunday morning we woke up to thunder so we quickly packed up camp and went into town for a last hoorah at IHOP.  We said our good-byes after breakfast and headed home.  Here's to our next camping trip and more fabulous memories!