We had a wonderful Labor Day holiday weekend.  We went camping for 4 days at Deam Lake in Indiana.  The girls had never swam in a lake before and were not thrilled with the prospect of swimming with the fishes!  But as soon as they got on to that beach we couldn’t keep them out of the water.  They built sand castles, collected fresh water muscles, swam, floated, and fished.  We were even chased off someones property when I was trying to take a picture of a hysterical billboard on the way to the campsite! The only injury to report for the weekend was an unfortunate incident involving Todd and his brand new glow in the dark hot dog roasting stick.  He will be alright right, just a few blisters to remember the weekend by.  We also learned how to use a dutch oven and made our dinners that way.  The first night we had enough food to feed an army.  It was delicious and I can’t wait for Todd to cook something up for us again.  The girls favorite part of the weekend by far was an evening we spent in a quiet meadow.  With no moon the stars were bright a beautiful.  The girls decorated themselves with glow sticks and danced for hours in dark.  It was magic…a precious memory that will last a life time. 

We ended the holiday with a trip to Grandma and Grandpa’s where we BBQ-ed and got a surprise visit from Great Grandma and Grandpa!