The Brown Family: Camping at Camanche

We made our annual trip back to Lake Camanche for a week of camping on the pond. It was great because the water level was higher than I'd ever seen it before. It made the walk from the pond side of the campground to the lake just a little bit shorter.

I always love taking pictures of the girls at the pond during sunset. It makes for amazing backgrounds! One of my favorite Camanche memories.

We had lots of visitors come throughout the week...

Auntie Loli came for the day with Tince and Jerry.

Ashely and her boyfriend, PJ, also joined us for the day. The girls just loved playing with Ashely. Allison asked her to read lots of books to her too!

Monica brought the kids up for a day. They enjoyed some time on the boat and playtime across the lake too. Creek liked having a friend to sit by as well.

Mom and Dad came for a day. Aunt Bonnie, Kim, Brady, Shandley, Mary, and Robert joined them for the adventure also.

We spent everyday across the lake. The first morning Jeff got up early and found a perfect beach for us. He set up the EZ-Up and we left it there all week so we always had our spot. I brought over the sand toys and the kids had the best time playing in the sand (really, there weren't even rocks on our beach!) and playing in the super warm Camanche water.

Heading across the lake for a day of fun!

Jeff launched Emma in the air!

Next, it was Danielle's turn to go flying!

Allison didn't want to fly. Instead, she played fetch with Creek. He absolutely loved the water. Running in after sticks, big and small, made for a great time for him.

The girls swam for hours and loved every minute of it!

Because we had so many people coming in and out throughout the week, this beach was perfect! Lots of room to play!

Darryl was the biggest kid there! He played with the kids in the water and they loved it!

Allison and Kaitlyn enjoyed filling their buckets with water over and over again.

Emma found a newly hatched dragonfly. She became attached to it and even made it its very own habitat. She learned about habitats in school and said she needed to provide water and shelter for it. She came back many times throughout the day to check on her new little critter friend.

I hit the water several times throughout the week for a little wakeboarding. I can't catch much air anymore, but I was able to pull off a "fakie" a few times :)

Darryl and Kim brought their SeaDoos to the lake. They were very generous and let anyone ride whenever they wanted. It took a lot of convincing, but I finally got Allison and Emma to come along with me. They had a good time and didn't want to get off when we came back to the beach! I miss my SeaDoo!

Kaitlyn loved the SeaDoo! She couldn't get enough of it! I had fun taking Kaitlyn and Allison out for a spin.

Back at camp, Darryl, Kim and their kids, Darryl and Ryan, had their motorhome right next to our camp spot. They brought an inflatable pool to camp that Darryl filled with some water. Emma and Allison thought it was so funny to be sitting in a pool at the lake!