Against all the odds - and there were many - we had a pretty fun time camping with the Messinger clan last weekend near Wrightwood. We got off to a real shaky start when, just several miles from our campsite, the road closed. We took a two-hour detour through the Antelope Valley, but everyone hung in there, even through one rather icky bout of carsickness.
We "hiked" to a nearby lake, where Holden at first balked at the idea of touching the water or the sand.
The littles got their feet wet. Like Big Brother, Riley wasn't so keen on being in the water, and would curl his legs up upon contact.
It wasn't long before Holden braved up.
Brenny = Brave
Big Sister Hallie, also brave. She had a great time swimming around.
Dad and Riley The Man
Holden really perked up when he realized he could do one of his favorite things ever. This is his take on the previous "throw rocks ocean" sport.
The Messingers, warming up with some cuddles.
He's the softest.
Kevin's calm landscape photo for his composition class. He took the kids on a walkabout and they found this peaceful spot.
Riley took to Jami.
Josh reads a bedtime story while Jami and Denise try to get their respective babies to go to bed.
No, it didn't work. Both babies stayed up late. Brenny finally went down on his own and Riley got rocked to sleep.
Our campsite, kiddos having breakfast in the morning. So much stuff.
Sweet smiles from Boy-O Brenny.
Holden discovered another advantage to camping.
For about an hour, he covered his ears with his hands, afraid that the buzzing flies would make their way inside his head.
Burning some energy.
Brenny, just after a backpack nap.
The Group.
We "hiked" to a nearby lake, where Holden at first balked at the idea of touching the water or the sand.
The littles got their feet wet. Like Big Brother, Riley wasn't so keen on being in the water, and would curl his legs up upon contact.
It wasn't long before Holden braved up.
Brenny = Brave
Big Sister Hallie, also brave. She had a great time swimming around.
Dad and Riley The Man
Holden really perked up when he realized he could do one of his favorite things ever. This is his take on the previous "throw rocks ocean" sport.
The Messingers, warming up with some cuddles.
He's the softest.
Kevin's calm landscape photo for his composition class. He took the kids on a walkabout and they found this peaceful spot.
Riley took to Jami.
Josh reads a bedtime story while Jami and Denise try to get their respective babies to go to bed.
No, it didn't work. Both babies stayed up late. Brenny finally went down on his own and Riley got rocked to sleep.
Our campsite, kiddos having breakfast in the morning. So much stuff.
Sweet smiles from Boy-O Brenny.
Holden discovered another advantage to camping.
For about an hour, he covered his ears with his hands, afraid that the buzzing flies would make their way inside his head.
Burning some energy.
Brenny, just after a backpack nap.
The Group.
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