Camping in Santa Barbara County ~ July 2016 - Weeks 3 & 4

As I am sitting here at the end of the summer watching the Olympic opening exercises, I am looking back on one of highlights of the summer.  We spent 3 nights camping near a lake in Santa Barbara county with another family.  It was a great time getting to spend a lot of time with our friends and getting to know their kids better and watching our kids play together.

Someone got ahold of a phone and snapped a few selfies.

The lake level was SUPER low, but we still took the kids fishing for their first time.  Brooklyn really enjoyed and went a couple of times, but Katelyn was done after about 5 minutes. They did not catch anything.

The weather ranged from very cool at night to very hot in the afternoon.  One afternoon Kyle took the big girls to the public pool in the county park where we were camping while Madison took a nap in the tent.

The mornings were pleasant and we went for some bike rides and a short hike.

Snack in the back of the car after our walk.

On our way home, we stopped at Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara.  We walked around briefly and let the girls put their feet in the ocean.

Brooklyn always needs a crazy picture.

When we got home, we had just a little bit of laundry.  This is most of it waiting to be folded.

I also had to go get groceries to restock the fridge.  The girls always pick their dresses to wear the day after they are cleaned in the laundry.  The decided Sam's Club was the perfect place to practice their twirling.

We got a book from the library on drawing people, so Katelyn has been practicing.

Madison enjoys dancing along to her tv shows.  Her is a video of her dancing (at least the beginning).

I can't believe how quickly the summer has gone.  Our summer was a little shorter this year because the girls are going back to school in mid-August for the first time.  Less than 2 weeks left