“And at the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling.” – Shanti

 

For the first time since 2021 we were finally able to do a family camping trip where everyone came and was able to stay the whole time. Nick was in charge of picking the spot this year and he did great. We went over the border to Wisconsin and stayed at Pettibone Resort . We don't usually stay at private campgrounds but this one was great. We were right on the Mississippi river, the campsites were big and they let us put tents up on our site for the people without campers for only $10. a night. The had biking trails and a beach less than a mile away that was great. 

Nash and Larina 

The beach on the Mississippi River

 

Rick and Nick made 9 homemade pizza's for everyone on Friday night. It was so good! We were all stuffed. I never took a single picture of the pizzas so the above photo is of a pizza Rick made at home 😂

It was Eli's 12th birthday on Saturday. 

 

We lucked out on the weather. We had some rain during the day but it never lasted too long so we were able to enjoy the days. It did rain a lot overnight but we did not care because we were sleeping. 

Oliver and Nash enjoying one of my special smoothies made just for them. 

Nash wanted to go fishing so bad with Grandpa Rick! 

They were finally able to go out and Nash was the first one to catch a fish! 

Olivers catch of the day. 

Rick was so happy that he got to spend so much time fishing while we were there. He spend most of the time in the boat taking whom ever wanted to go. He had not spent very much time fishing the river before so it was a learning trip on where to go. They managed to get fish every time they went out so that is great. 

The campgrounds had a little beach that we checked out. It was not nearly as nice as the other one but the kids still managed to have fun. 

Oh Liam 😂😂😂

I always feel like I take a lot of pictures but then when I get home and look at them I realize that I did not. Jeff and CJ joined us on our trip and I did not get a single picture of them! 

I guess it is okay that I did not have my phone out all the time taking pictures and just enjoyed the time making memories with everyone....

Make memories....

Sharon