Camping in Arkansas

We had a great weekend in Arkansas. Micah took the day off and we headed to Searcy. It was our first big family road trip in the van. We got doughnuts as we headed off to Harding.

Titus, you've got a little chocolate on your face :)

Hanging out on campus. Luke in his quest for Angela. He needs to get her in the swing 2 more times. Harding lore= 3 swings and a ring. Watch out Josh K.!

We picked up Dustin, Angela, Josh, and Tessa from Harding and headed off to Jacksonport State Park. We all rode together in the minivan. We got to the campsite right as the sun was setting, so there's no pictures of the night. Basicly, we set up camp, ate hotdogs, s'mores, talked, sang, and went to bed. It was a wonderful perfect camping night. Pictures start up again in the morning. A big thanks to Josh K. for the fire.

One funny thing was that Luke liked the s'mores, but after a while just wanted a plain marshmellow. He would ask "Can I please have a marshmellow with no fire, no chocolate, and no cracker."

Why are we in the car? Should I even go into it all? Skip over it if you like...Micah and Luke actually "slept" in the boy tent all night. They ended up in the same sleeping bag and Luke was a happy camper, but Micah got very little sleep. I ended up driving Titus around in the car to get him back to sleep around 11:30 pm. Then, I just got my sleeping bag in the car and let him sleep in his carseat and I slept across the 2nd row. He got up around 2:30 am and again around 4. When Micah and Luke joined us in the morning to get out of the wind, I was in the 2nd row and Titus was in the floor by me. It is totally a mixed bag to camp with little people.

After a VERY long night

Morning: Let the fun start back up again. It was really windy, but Josh K. got the fire going. Hurray. It was pretty cold. We sat around the fire, ate breakfast and tried to stay warm.

Luke and Angela eat muffins

Mommy watches Titus closely as he sits by the fire

Josh K. and Luke play football. Luke is borrowing one of Dustin's gloves.

Dustin and his girlfriend Tessa

Micah holding little bear Titus with the White river in the background

Uncle Dustin shows Luke how to climb a tree. Luke becomes more convinced that he needs to eat his "good bites" so that he can grow big and strong enough that he can one day be able to climb the tree too.

Now we're off to see the rest of the park.

Luke, Tessa and Dustin run ahead of the group.

Luke wrestles Dustin

Luke, being no respector or persons, also tackles Josh K.

Titus getting some hugs from Uncle Dustin

Angela, Josh and Luke walk back to the car.

We had a great visit with Dustin and Angela. I'm so glad we got to get to know Josh K and Tessa better. We're looking forward to Josh and Angela's wedding in May!