Wow, it's been a while...we've been busy!
Let's see, mid May we did our first camping with both boys (Owen of course has been camping before). We wanted to have a trial run to see how Elliot would do before we headed to SW Kansas for 2 weeks of camping while Dave did field work there. He did great! I'm not surprised really, he continues to be a super mellow guy...most of the time!
Pics from our first camping trip in Wisconsin (a whopping 30 min away). We went with the Burnetts and their kids, which I didn't manage to get pics of...in fact, I only got a couple pictures...oh well, here you go!
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| El loves swinging!! |
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| O has always been a less than enthusiastic swinger, but gave it another go when he saw El enjoying it so much |
And other pics from May:
My two happy boys!
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| "my ball, Mom" |
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| new backhoe! |
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| smoothie disaster |
And now our Kansas trip. Dave had some field work to do near the town of Meade, KS, for the first two weeks of June. We decided to all go so that we were all still together, even if Dave was out working during the day. We packed up the pop up trailer and hit the road for a 2 day drive (7 hours then 5 hours of driving time - add on a couple extra for stops) to get there. The boys are super travelers...El is far more mellow than O was at his age which makes it easy.
Meade is a small town in far SW Kansas - about 45 min drive from the Oklahoma border. 2010 census had it at just over 1000 people. It has a stoplight. We were camping in a state park about 20 min outside of town. It was a very beautiful park, with a lake for swimming and lots of big trees for shade...kind of key in the 90F heat. There was a field crew of 10 or so, which made for lots of activity in the mornings and evenings, but very quiet days for the boys and I while everyone was working - turns out the state park campground in the middle of nowhere Kansas is not so busy...go figure.
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| earning his keep |
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| camping bath! |
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| El came down with a wicked case of pink eye on day 2...we found a doc that was open on Sunday in the big town about 45 min away. |
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| O (sitting) found a friend to play with at the beach on the weekend. I love how little kids can become instant friends - I suppose it helps that playing with trucks in the sand was their common goal. |
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| beach time baby! |
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| still loving that swing! |
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| dustpan makes a better shovel than a shovel |
We spent a fair amount of time at the beach during the afternoon...it was nice to cool off in the water...plus we had the entire beach to ourselves most days!
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| El wants to do whatever O does these days...loves his big brother |
Our second last day there, I packed the boys up after El's morning nap and we headed for the nearby big town of Liberal. They have the 5th largest air museum in the US (and the largest in Kansas - as the administrator proudly informed me)
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| in the pack and ready to see airplanes |
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| There were a couple of interactive things, and a couple of planes you could climb inside |
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| but mostly it was a giant hangar full of cool old planes |
Then we had a two day drive home again...and after 10 tiring days of camping, there was a lot of car napping!
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| note that he still hasn't let go of his truck, even in sleep |
We spent a fair amount of time at the beach during the afternoon...it was nice to cool off in the water...plus we had the entire beach to ourselves most days!
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