Camping

We just got home from taking the girls camping for a couple of nights. We went with our good friends, The Tidwell’s, who also happen to be our next door neighbors (we have some super cool neighbors!). There was this cute little wash about 100 feet from where we set up camp so the girls spent all day in their bathing suits keeping cool. I can’t believe how warm it is already! The water was constantly running down stream, but it wasn’t enough to have to worry about them drowning or anything so we just let them play until they couldn’t take it anymore!

Eden and her friend, Peyton

I think I take way too many pictures of these girls. Eden usually cooperates for a little while but she will let me know when I’m being annoying. Brea just doesn’t stand for picture taking at all! {none, whatsoever!} It’s like she can smell the camera as soon as I take it out of the case because she just automatically shuts down. I don’t think she likes the attention and the shouting at her to “smiiiile!” or “sayy cheeese!” in the super annoying voices I make. She has been getting better though. She will occasionally make eye contact with the camera, so that is an improvement! This is the face I have been getting lately when I point the camera at her -

I remember Eden going through a super cheesy phase, but at least it was a decent looking smile!! Brea’s crazy face is just out of control!

Luckily, I got a few good shots of Brea which I am so excited about because it rarely happens. She really is so pretty and sometimes I feel like I can’t ever capture a good picture of her cuteness because she is such a camera hater. If you’ve never witnessed the enormous amounts of cuteness that she is, here are a few pictures to prove it!

  

Back to camping {sorry, I get sidetracked easily}… it was a blast! Eden and Brea LOVE being outside so this was like the best 3 days for them! I was dreading bed time with them but they had played so hard during the day that by the time 8 o’clock came around they were both practically begging to go to bed! It was a little cold at night, but we survived.

When the girls weren’t playing in the water or eating (they eat nonstop!), they were hanging out in their special camping chairs. I couldn’t resist buying these bright pink fun-sized camping chairs for them, they are so cute!

This morning as we were making breakfast, Eden announced that she had to go potty. We had a little kid potty set up for the big girls to use and Eden made her way over there. I started getting the food ready and next thing I know Brea was out of my sight. I looked over at Eden and this is what I saw -

 

I laugh every time I see this picture! Brea had to follow her to make sure she pooped safely! They even had to hold hands. Every potty break after this, Brea was sure to accompany Eden and make sure everything went smoothly. They sure love each other! I love that this picture totally captures what they look like in the morning. {They can’t be totally glam 24/7!}

We made our way home this afternoon and Eden was so sad! She is already talking about wanting to go camping again! I knew they both had a good time when I loaded them into the truck to leave and not even 5 minutes later I found them like this -

Ahh, I love them! I love the little family that Craig and I have created. My heart just beams when I look at these girls. {I love being their Mom}