Wonderful Wee Webbers: Bass Lake

A few weeks ago now (at the beginning of August) we went camping at Bass Lake with Carey's family. We went to Bass Lake a couple years ago, but stayed in a cabin because we weren't quite ready to tent camp yet with the kids still waking up a lot in the middle of the night! This time we were ready for the tent and we had so much fun.

When we first got there, I thought I was going to throw a screaming, two-year old type tantrum. Carey and I were trying to get the tent set up (I forgot to bring directions), all three kids were wanting different things and going through our stuff that I had neatly packed, and was really hot and everyone wanted to go to the lake! But, my wonderful mother in law took the kids to her site (or maybe to the lake, I can't even remember. I just know she took them away!) and we were able to get things settled and a Mike's Hard Lemonade into my hand!

We had delicious food, lots of s'mores, and so much fun playing at the lake. The first morning I took the kids and the dog down to the lake around 6:30 (hoping to not wake everyone in the campground) and it was so gorgeous and peaceful. And there was something really cute to me about the kids playing around the lake in their pjs!

The little cove of the lake where we set up our "beach camp" had a big rock on the other side of it, which the kids loved swimming over to and jumping off! They sure are adventurous. I did it a couple times, but I was much happier staying in the water and catching them as they jumped!

On Sunday, my awesome and generous father in law rented a party boat and we all loaded up on that for the day! That was one of the most fun days of our lives. The kids loved being on the boat, as well as jumping off the boat! We all got to go tubing, which was a big hit. I went with Haley and she just giggled and giggled the whole time. It is a really special memory I have with my sweet girl:) Abby wasn't so sure. She really liked floating on it, but wasn't a fan of the boat moving and pulling the tube! Seth loved it and even went on it with his cousin, Max (which, if you know Seth, you know it's a big deal for him to do something like that with someone that's not mom or dad). The boat had a barbeque on it, so we pulled over into a cove for lunch and had yummy burgers and hot dogs, and did our best to keep them away from Banjo!

Oh, another highlight was in the evenings, when we were all sitting around chatting and eating dinner, Haley, Abby and Seth decided to put on some "shows"! They did "the ugly duckling", "little red riding hood", "the three little pigs", and "Goldilocks and the three bears"! Quite amusing versions they performed!