Finally after being virtual for 2 years, we were able to have an in person Back to School nights.  Stuart and I went to the middle school one first on Wednesday, then the next day we attended the high school ones.  It was so awesome to be sitting in the classrooms where the boys spent their days, and be able to meet and listen to their teachers.  From both nights, we were quite impressed with all of their teachers and feel that they both will have a good year in their 7th and 9th grades.

    We continued our annual tradition and went camping last weekend.  We had reserved our favorite spot, Sunset Beach, this year.  All of the original families were able to be there for part of the weekend, thus this was perfect as it was our 10th camping trip. Theresa had planned our meals and everyone brought the components.  As usual we had plenty to eat and drink.  The kids warmed up to each other quickly and had a good time.  Connor seemed to play well with everyone; he had tons of steps running around the campsites both days.  They played tags and football often.  He enjoyed playing in both Washers and Bocci ball tournaments too.  Logan got along very well with Mckayla; the two of them seemed to have good conversations together.  Logan was less thrilled on the second day unfortunately due to allergies, so he spent some times on his own in the tent or in the car as he had a bad leaky nose.  In both evenings, the kids had fun playing with glowsticks, making shapes and spelling names.  Buddy was very good with everyone, calmly hanging out around us.  Fortunately all the kids were big fan of him, so he had the leisure being walked by them.  The adults had a good time relaxing and catching up.  Thus this was another successful camping weekend.  Here are the photos.

Our ten camping trips: