Well we finally went camping! I have been talking about taking my boys coming for a couple years and have always wanted to go to Lake Itasca State Park and this Fall we finally went. One of my best friends agreed to join the boys and I for the weekend. We loaded the van with a tent, sleeping bags, food, chairs, pillows, coolers of drinks and of course the 4 of us and we made the 4 hour drive to Lake Itasca State Park. We arrived Friday night, snuck in a few quick sunset pictures and then scrambled to get camp set up before the sun went down! Of course, we made it and had a nice fire roaring and brats cooking in no time! Friday night it dipped down to 39 degrees so we had to do a little snuggling in the tent to stay warm. Saturated morning we got up and Grandma Yvonne arrived to enjoy breakfast with us and then we spent the day exploring the park. This place was amazing, I plan to camp here again in the near future. Saturday night we enjoyed burgers over the fire and then of course plenty of smores. We were all exhausted from our busy day and I am pretty sure we were out cold before 10pm! Sunday morning we packed up and headed home. It was such a wonderful weekend. My boys loved their first real camping trip (sleeping in a tent and cooking everything over a fire).
