This past week was our annual
Ol' MacDonalds camping trip!! When we arrived on Monday, the kids wanted to see the animals right away! My Mom and Dad were already parked and set up, so Mom took them to the animals. Lindsay and Jeremy and the boys arrived not long after we did.
We couldn't have asked for more perfect weather. Tuesday was slightly overcast and not really beach weather, so we took advantage of the weather and did the activities around the campground - train ride, tractor/wagon ride, swing ride and playing at the park and campsite! Jeremy was super brave and took Connor, Blake and Reese into Stettler for a few things, in the afternoon! Both Cal and Mom had work to do on Tuesday and were away for most of the day. Mom in Barrhead on Co-op business and Cal in Stettler and Drumheller. Day 2 and 3 were in the upper 20's to lower 30's and were spent at the beach!! Day 3, we also snuck in a pedal car ride before hitting the beach and said goodbye to the Stecyk's, as they continued on to Drumheller to finish up their camping vacation!
The beach at Ol' MacDonals is so nice - the sand is raked daily, there's no rocks in the lake, the lake is very shallow and you can walk out forever! The kids had so much fun in the water! Grandpa entertained them for hours - tossing them up in to the air and swimming with them! Over and over and over again!! They were thrilled :) I also found it great to go for a swim and play in the water for awhile, it was a much needed reprieve from the heat!! A few sandcastles were built, Blake played lacrosse with his teammate and then a little baseball game at the diamonds. We did some biking and the kids did a lot of biking! Blake and Em joined Cal for the first 5k of one of his runs! Some friends pulled in to the campground on Thursday evening, so Cal and I joined them at their campfire Thursday night. A couple of them are Cal's fellow NP'ers and so they met early Friday morning for a workout and #OMC (old man coffee) ... insider lingo that I get to be partial to as I share a bed with an NP'er ... lol!!! It was a great 5 days and needless to say, the kids didn't want to leave on Friday morning and were asking, "When are we coming back??" I think we could easily spend 7 days at Ol' MacDonalds!
Thanks for another great trip to Ol' MacDonalds, Mom, Dad, Lindsay, Jeremy and boys :)
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| 'Smith' cousins |
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| Grandma and Grandpa are the best :) |
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| A tough ride for Blake!! |
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| our water babies :) |
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| Reese loved the rope swing! |
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| waitin' on a train! |
