Another school year is done....and our 1st camping trip of the summer!!!

Well, it's officially SUMMER!!!  WOOOHOOO!  Katie finished up preschool so she heads to kindergarten in the fall, Lauren completed a great year @ 2nd grade so she will be a 3rd grader soon and Allie made her way thru 7th grade in an awesome way so she enters 8th grade in just a few short months!  Whew!  All three girls had another great school year.....learning tons, making lots of new friends, and staying strong til the end!  : )  We were especially proud of Lauren who received the "Most Improved In all Subjects" in her class this year!  YEAH!!  To help kick off our summer, we just logged our very 1st family camping trip and it goes down as a huge success and tons of fun!  We left Friday afternoon, after the girls' last day of school for the school year (what better way to start the summer, right??!!) and headed south to Patoka Lake.  They have a huge park, acres of campground, a beach, a gigantic lake and an awesome place to just hang out as a family together!  The camper did great.  No problems at all pulling it with the minivan.  We have Daddy to thank for his great driving skills : )  We spent almost 4 full days there and our fun included a gazillion bike rides around the cul-de-sac that our camp site was on, many campfires with s'mores (I'm not divulging how many I ate, thank you very much), three late nights of movie-watching in the camper, a couple of trips to the beach (and all three girls and Dad got in the very cold water....mama...not so much....) a bunch of good food eaten, a visit from Nana and Papa, and so many great family memories made.  I am so thankful for Jason working so hard to be able to purchase this camper for us.  Material things do not whatsoever at all make the memories....but this one is definitely helping us to have a great time together as a family!  And I'm so proud of him doing this for us.  And just as a sidenote....I have to include that he bought this with cash!  Not adding that in a 'braggy' way but just so happy for him as the leader of our home to be able to put his hard work in to this for us!  And pulling a Dave Ramsey purchase on top of it.....wooohooo!!!  Now on to enjoying some more summer time together and just loving the laid-back lifestyle of it all.....ahhhhh!