Friday (8/11) We got up and got moving to enjoy our last few days of summer vacation. The boys had been asking to go to a trampoline place this summer so I found a Groupon and we headed to Trampoline Xtreme. They got to bounce for just over an hour and had a blast! The place was really nice, very wide open with lots of different options for the boys to jump and play on. When our time was up, everyone was upset and wanted to keep jumping so we'll be picking another day to head out there soon.
We got home and met Adrian at home for a quick lunch before finishing packing up the car for our weekend camping trip. We got on the road a little later than we wanted to but still with plenty of daylight to get to Dayton and set up our tent. We drove thru a little rain on our way out to our campground but it was gorgeous when we got there. We sent the boys to the play ground and set up our tent pretty quickly. When we were all settled, we all headed to the pool to cool off a bit before enjoying some pizza for dinner. AJ, Daniel & Adrian decided to watch the movie the campground was showing "Night at the Museum" while Zak played on the playground and I sat and relaxed and read my book.
After the movie was over, everyone headed back to our site for a fire and some smores. We enjoyed a few smores and then all of a sudden we started to feel rain drops and see lightening flashes. We toughed it out for a bit before it started to rain harder so we headed to the tent. Thankfully it was bedtime anyway so the boys fell asleep. I had a hard time sleeping thru the rain and thunder overnight but thankfully I did get some rest.
Saturday (8/12) Zak, Daniel and Adrian were up very early and headed over to the lake to see if they could catch any fish. By the time AJ and I woke up, they were done fishing and hadn't caught any fish. We had a yummy breakfast of freshly baked donuts and then got ready to start our day. We played some mini golf and then headed to the pool to cool off. It was "Wet N Wild" weekend so the camp ground had a large water slide and bubble fun area for the boys to play in. They had a blast! We finally had to make them stop to go grill some hot dogs and sausages for lunch over the fire.
After lunch, we loaded up in the car to head to Sarah's parents house to spend the day with them. It was a fun day with family and lots of pool time for the kids. They enjoyed swimming, playing in the yard, riding bikes and eating hamburgers and hot dogs off the grill for dinner. After dinner, there was more swimming for Daniel and Zak and the girls. I don't know how Zak kept going, he must have been exhausted! We finally pulled them out of the pool when it started to get dark & we were honestly afraid Zak was going to fall asleep in the water.
We headed back to our camp ground and got our fire going so we could enjoy some smores and some quiet time around the fire. There was a 10 year old boy on the site next to us and they had a color changing fire so they invited us over to watch it and make smores with them. It was really fun to watch their fire. The 4 boys then sat around the picnic table playing video games while we enjoyed some adult down time watching the fire, reading and sipping wine until it was time for bed for all of us.
Sunday (8/13) After all of the activity yesterday, we all slept in until close to 9am this morning! By the time we got up and moving it was time to break down camp. The boy on the next camp sight wanted to hang out with our boys this morning, so they went and played mini golf and then rented bikes to explore the camp ground. It was nice to have them occupied while Adrian and I broke camp and packed up. We grabbed pizza one more time for lunch and then hit the road back home.
We got home, quickly unpacked and showered and then headed up to see Carl's new house. Their new place is gorgeous, we wish them luck with their new adventure! Although we will miss them being right down the road. We had a nice visit there, just relaxing, chatting and spending time together. We left and brought Nana back to our house for the rest of her time here in Ohio. It was another fairly early bedtime for us since we were all still pretty tired.
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