Leo Carrillo

The Campbells have officially been bitten by the 'camping bug'.  We just got back from a quick 2 night trip to the beach with our friends.  We have camped this frequently since long before the kiddos, maybe even since before we got married.  Yikes.  Now that we have been out a few times we are hooked again!!

The Campbell's Camping Adventure Part II began Friday.  After I went to the gym and work for a few hours and Brian took the boys to Scott's first T-ball class (no pictures, his phone died, fear not I will go next week and will take loads of pictures (at least on my phone) I'm sure), we came home, got cleaned up, grocery shopped and packed.  We were on the road by 2 and drove the quick 15-20 minutes to the coast.  I can't forget to mention that on the way we stopped to get Scott a boogie board.  He has been asking to learn to surf for like a year.  My response to that is "you have to learn how to swim first".  Well he's officially done that so the next appropriate step is boogie boarding.  

Scott rode the whole way to the beach with the boogie board in his lap because he was so excited (and good thing because it wasn't going to fit anywhere else, we were packed to the gills yet again)

We were the first to arrive so we got to setting up camp ASAP.

And really you can't camp without multiple swords right...

 The Blacks and the Daniels joined us shortly after and we were ready to rock and roll for the weekend.

First up dinner.  This was the scene for each meal throughout the weekend:

5 boys and 6 parents...it was wild!

Oh and did I mention it is rattlesnake country?!?!  There were two right out in the open (with a crowd of people around, including a life guard who was radioing for a ranger to come with his "rattlesnake grabber") mating.  They were big.  And aggressive.  We had a few serious talks with the boys about not touching snakes ever and telling parents right away if they saw a snake and we kept them out of the bushes.

I tried for a picture with all 5 kids using the glow stick bribe again.  Not so much.  But here they are.

Saturday morning was chilly and overcast but Scott did not care, he was in it to win it.  Brian was stoked since he would be the one going in the water with him.

Practicing their moves...

Scott, with an expression on his face that proves the water was FUH-REE-ZAAANG!

"Mom, those fools are crazy." - Owen

The three littlest littles sand castling....

Beau got a paddle board for his birthday and brought it out and Adam had borrowed one so the guys all took turns.  Brian (below) rocked it (in my opinion) but said it was quite the work out!

Naps were taken, lunch was consumed, the marine layer burned off and we stayed there until it was time to walk back and get dinner started.

After dinner we had s'mores before all the exhausted kids hit the hay early.

 STICKY

We are surely blessed to get to live so close to the beach, to get to enjoy quick weekend vacations, and to do it all in the company of great friends!