camping! (part two)

we went on our first official family camping trip. also, it was beckett's and my first ever camping trip. we spent 3 days at paradise point state park in southern washington. we went with the kreitlows, john, and reny. and crazily the mears were camping at the same place at the same time! what?! we snuck into their camp site like super creeps and scared them. except they weren't scared, but they did come have s'mores with us. 

beckett loved every moment of camping. he loved running around with quinn. he loved non-stop snacking. he loved peeing on trees. he loved playing with sticks. he loved sleeping in a tent. he loved going to the river. it was basically the best time he ever had. when we got home, he said he wished we were still camping. 

and we did all the things you should do while camping! hiking, swimming, a day trip to portland, lots of delicious camp fire meals, s'mores (with nilla wafers AND oreos AND chocolate covered pretzels!!!), early morning cocoa and coffee, homemade ice cream, bean bag games, pump rockets, and sleeping bag snuggling. and no showers. and probably more stuff. i wouldn't call myself a big camper or enjoy-er of extended stays outdoors, but i can appreciate the idea of it and i loved watching beckett love it all. so here come the pictures... which are causing this post to be broken into two because i can NOT narrow anything down. yay for camping!