Camping at Lake Jocassee

We got to go camping with the Richardson's and the Specht's again this weekend.  This time it was much warmer.  We went to Lake Jocassee in South Carolina.  We had a great time.  It was our first time tent camping as a family.  We got a tent that Wil likes to call the "Taj Mahal" tent.  We knew we needed a tent big enough for us to fit the kids air mattresses and our air mattress in so this was what we ended up with.  The kids did great.  CJ loves being outside and it was right down his alley.  He fell a million times and had dirt from head to toe.  He didn't care though.  Savannah loved playing with Kali and Liam but she stayed much cleaner.  We took the boat down there and rode all over the lake.  We looked at waterfalls, jumped off rocks, surfed, wake skated, skied, and just played in the water.  It was wonderful.  The water down there is so clear that you can see the bottom.  The bottom is sand so we loved that.  We even found a little beach area where we could tie the boat up and play in the water.  The kids loved that.  Savannah enjoyed sleeping in the tent and so did CJ.  I think that Savannah roasted marshmallows every night and made s'mores.  It was great.  We can't wait to go camping again.

 The girls getting ready to jump off the rock!

 Charlie jumping off a rock. 

 Wil jumping off a rock way out of the water. 

 Charlie and Savannah making a slide out of the waterfall. 

"Surf's up!"

Crazy CJ

Today CJ got tubes put in his ears because he was having lots of ear infections and his hearing was decreased.  He did great!  Beside him taking a really long nap you would not have known that he had anything done.  You can tell that he can hear better now that he has gotten the tubes.  When there is a really loud noise he covers his ears.  Well because he had such a long nap today he was not ready for bed so Charlie and CJ were playing on our bed.  Here is a picture of our crazy little boy.  We like to call him Rambo!