You're making me tents!

Last night we did our part and said goodbye to one of our favorite local places to camp, Kickapoo State Park. As some of you might know, our state's governer is closing two dozen state parks and historical sites to try to balance our state's budget. It is such a sad thing and while we've had the chance to enjoy several of the sites on the cut list, it is sad to know that we won't have another chance to go back.

But we didn't let that get us down and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves! We enjoyed the clear weather and all of the stars and Aedan was thrilled to see a number of deer roaming through our campground. Best of all we all got to bed early! Aedan cheered us up in the cold morning by complimenting Neal (in grubby clothes, scruffy face, bed hair, still trying to wake up, etc) by saying, "You look handsome daddy!"

We love camp food! With quick trips like these there was no chance of doing any dutch oven cooking but we enjoy foil dinners just as much. But what we really like is s'mores. My boys love toasted marshmallows, or as Aedan calls them, "smarshmallows". If you haven't gone gourmet on s'mores, you're missing out. Here is what you do: get Aldi brand marshmallows (trust me they are the best) and you can switch out the cracker or chocolate for an upgrade. Use peanut butter cups, snickers, twix, etc. or we've even tried it with those fancy cookies, we've enjoyed those chocolate covered candy bar brand cookies. Not the healthiest route (and sometimes so rich that you can only eat one) but really, you will have a hard time going back to plain old s'mores again.

(Do you love my Sally Tattoo Bandaid?) We were able to wrap up pretty quick in the morning to make it to our nephew G's soccer game (today) which is also on his birthday and we were glad to see him and his team play so well - let's face it, they don't keep score but we all knew that they won... Aedan enjoyed watching the older kids and kept trying to run out in the field and join them. We had fun cheering G on and watching him when he didn't know we were watching. My favorites were his imaginary saves as he was positioned as goalie during a particularly boring part of the game for him! He is an awesome kid and we are excited to see him again tomorrow! Happy Birthday cousin/nephew G!