To the River

Last weekend Eulee had her first trip to the river....she was NOT much of a fan. She slept in the carrier, but she also spent a lot of time crying, especially at the end of the night.  We were there from 1:30pm until 8:30pm, so you can understand her anger.

It was supposed to be an overnight camping trip for B and the kids (along with Elina's friend, AM, and his dad), but it was supposed to be 40F at night and we figured it would be too cold for them in the morning.  So we ended up making it a long day trip.

Aside from the crying, we all had a great time.  It was a relaxing, laidback way to hang out on a Saturday.  The kids explored and looked for bugs and critters.  They found the smallest baby frog.  It was amazing!

Evie just waded right into the river almost up to her waist and got completely soaked.  She just did not care one bit about being wet!  She loves adventure!

Because it wasn't exactly warm out, we had to change her out of her wet clothes into Elina's sweater and AM's dad's camo shirt.  But somehow Evie managed to rock the look!

The kids also did some fishing and they actually caught some little fish!

Eli caught a little bass and Elina caught a little perch.  They were so proud of themselves!  Elina wanted to cook them up, but we had to throw them back into the river.

We tried to have Evie catch a fish too, but they just weren't biting at the end.  It was ok because once she started throwing rocks into the river she forgot all about it.  

The adults did a lot of rock skipping.  I officially stink at this skill.  B is pretty amazing at it.

Then we grilled up some burgers for dinner.  Afterwards, the kids carved their pumpkins.

  Then we ended the night with s'mores and songs by the campfire...with Eulee's crying in the background.

It was a wonderful day outdoors!  Evie and Eli passed right out in the car.  (Of course Elina did NOT.)  But we ended on a bad note because we got a ticket on the way home.  Such a bummer!  It wasn't even for speeding!!  On the small highway, a car in front of us was signaling to turn right.  He started slowing down and moving over to the shoulder.  Instead of waiting for the car to turn right, B went around him.  Honestly, I would have done the same especially since the other driver was already moving onto the shoulder.  Well, since we were passing through a small town, the police officer kindly reminded B that he had disregarded a No Passing zone.  Seriously?!?  So the mean ol' cop gave us a ticket even though he heard Eulee screaming her head off in the background.  Heartless, I tell you!

Other than that, we had a fun day and can't wait to go back again!  But next time we will pay more attention to the No Passing zones.