The first day was a bit of a sideshow - the boys were really tired from running around like crazy, but when naptime came they would not sleep. We have quite the setup for sleep at home with blackout curtains and white noise machines and, while that leads to great sleep at home, it doesn't lend itself really well to great sleep away from home. We didn't have an electrical hookup at the campsite so that we could plug in the white noise, and the air vents/skylights in the roof of the RV were like spotlights with the sun coming in at midday. Anyway, after 45 minutes or so of trying to get the boys to sleep, we gave up and Phil took Jackson out on a boat and I walked around with Emmett. I was quite grumpy because I was really tired, too, and was hoping to catch some Z's while the boys slept. Later in the afternoon they were both completely exhausted and we all actually fell asleep for about 40 minutes (until Emmett woke us all up). We put E to bed early that night, hoping and hoping he would be so tired that he would fall asleep easily. As I was sitting outside of the RV listening to him fuss, one of our friends told us about the fan on the stovetop that is powered by the RV battery and creates excellent white noise for sleeping. That totally did the trick! My friend Lana popped into the RV and switched on the fan and we didn't hear from Emmett until (early) the next morning! He even napped for about two hours the next day! Hooray for battery-powered stove fans that last all night! :)
We were so busy eating, talking to friends, and chasing after the boys that I didn't really get many pictures. I didn't even get one of us in front of our rented "Cougar" RV. We loved that the brand name of it was Cougar. We did go out on our friends' boat for a few hours and I managed to get some pictures of that. The boys liked when we were moving on the boat, but E hated the life jacket, and Jackson was constantly plugging his ears because he thought the radio was "real loud". :)
This lake is the same one that we went to a few weekends ago when it was freezing outside. The air temperature was really warm this time but the water was still frigid. The lake is so clear and beautiful, though. Phil jumped in with Emmett, but they both got out quickly!
Here's our friend, Klepto, wakesurfing. He and Lana make it look so easy...
Hating the life jacket...
The boy absolutely loves cans. This really helped distract him from the jacket.
Here are a few other pictures of us around the camping area...
Jackson was collecting rocks to throw in the lake...
Oh, my goodness, he's actually looking at the camera and smiling on cue!!
Did I mention this baby loves cans? Empty, of course...
Oh, and I forgot to mention that the real reason we went camping at that lake was because the pilots had to do a day of water survival training. There was a helicopter there that Jackson was so excited to see, and we got to watch the pilots get pulled out of the water by the helicopter. It was Phil's first time to do that and he said it was really cool. It was neat to watch, too. The helicopter got really close to the water and we could feel the spray on shore. I'm pretty sure this is Phil...
All in all it was a fun weekend! Jackson's favorite parts were throwing rocks in the lake and eating marshmallows. Emmett's favorite parts were wading (up to his chest) in the lake and running around everywhere. I have never seen my boys so dirty in their lives, but they had fun! Phil's and my favorite parts were probably just hanging with friends and going out on the boat. That brought back fun memories of our time in Florida before kids. Sorry it took me so long to post this. It took me a while to recover! :)
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