We survived!

We're home and survived our first camping trip with the girls. They actually did great and we had lots of fun. (despite the 93 degree temps) When we arrived at the park our campsite was out in direct sunlight with barely room for our tent! Feeling slightly panicked Dan and I drove back to office to see if we could find another available campsite. Luckily, we found a great spot available back in the woods in deep shade. Thank goodness!!! We did lots of hiking, an afternoon of canoeing and enjoyed being together without computers and cell phones... ok so Kasey and I texted once or twice, but that's it!
There were only a few annoying things about our trip. The first being the fact that Mallory was afraid of our campfire... I mean I understand her fear of fireworks, but a campfire? She didn't like the sound of the crackling wood. Odd, very odd. Second, we were canoeing having a wonderful time swimming, wading and Dan points out to us the tadpoles and fish swimming around in front of us and of course Mallory practically pukes up her lunch she's so scared! And finally REVENGE OF THE GNATS! I'm not sure what was going on, but we had a constant swarm of gnats around our heads. Ewww! We were constantly eating them, sucking them up our noses and pulling them out of our eyes. The black specks in Dan's teeth weren't coffee grounds they were gnats!!!! :) (jk) Anyway, it was fun. We made lots of memories and are looking forward to another trip next summer.