Frontier Town, Ocean City

Better late than never, I thought that I better blog bout our trip to Frontier Town that we took in late June for one week. What a blast it was!!! After packing what felt like our entire house, we were off on a Sunday morning by 5 am. Despite going in and out of rain the entire drive down, everyone was in a good mood and sooo excited to get there. Our friends had already arrived one day prior. Hannah had her dance recital on Saturday (another blog I have neglected to do, bad bad blogger I am) so we had to delay our arrival by one day. The weather did not want to cooperate for the first two days but at least it didn't pour down rain the entire day. It was overcast and a few showers here and there, but not enough to spoil the fun! After a relatively easy set up, we hung around the campground the first day. We each took a night to make dinner for everyone and I made lasagna the first night. On Monday the weather was looking better and we decided to head to the beach. The kids had a blast playing in the sand and Hannah loved to jump the waves. Cody enjoyed the sand but is still not a big fan of the water. Instead, he liked for me to hold him and watch the waves come in on my feet. It was so nice to have friends and other kids around to keep everyone occupied. They all played so well together. Ralph and Renee were so much fun to camp with. There was never a dull moment.








One of the greatest things about Frontier Town was the free waterpark right there at the campground. So on Tuesday we headed there for the day. They have a great kiddie area with slides. We also enjoyed the lazy river where I got dunked many times under the waterfalls by the guys (for some reason they found this to be so amuzing).



We went out for dinner two nights, once at Fish Tails, which was really cool because we ate outside and kids were able to play at the pirate ship right next to our table. The tables were in the sand and we watched the sunset on the bay. The last night we were there we ate seafood at Waterman's, which was very good. Can't go to the beach and not have seafood! By Wednesday we headed back to the beach and that evening walked the boardwalk and had our Polish Ice!! On Thursday we went back to the waterpark for a few hours and poor Cody was so exhausted that he was falling asleep at the table while eating his pizza. We decided to go back to the camper and take naps. Connie had made tacos for us that night, yummy! On Friday we hung out at the pool and Hannah was learning how to jump off the side thanks to Chloe! The week went by so fast, but we enjoyed every minute. This was a defintely one of our favorite trips and we plan to go back next year. We couldn't believe how much there was to do. My favorite part about it is that you are 5 minutes from the beach but then you can get away from the city and have so much to do at the campground. Loved, loved, loved it!!

Camping in Gettysburg

This past weekend we had our second camping trip of the season to Artillery Ridge Campground in Gettysburg. Our first had been Mountain Creek, which I did not get a chance to blog about. I had been watching the weather forecast 10 days in advance, hoping for a weekend full of sunshine. It was almost perfect....Friday rained all day and it had been raining for several days prior to this. The ground was completely soaked, and it was a little cool for this time of year. I took off work at 2 and picked up the kiddos from day care. Jimmy had gotten off around lunch time and finished up last minute packing. By 3:30 we were on the road. We started setting up, which went fairly smoothly. We were, however, dissapointed with our site, which we picked the weekend before!! It had to have been the muddiest site there. We had choosen it because our original site was pretty small and we would have had a hard time getting the slides out as well as the awning. This site was so muddy that when I got out of the truck I sunk almost to my ankles! This made it very difficult to keep the camper clean with two kids and a dog. Almost impossible. This was the point that I realized I definitely need to keep more more old towels and paper towels in the camper. We were almost set up when Jimmy noticed that the carpet was wet around the front corner of the slide. This in combination with being very annoyed that we could not get satellite reception due to all the trees, caused, well lets just say, a bit of frustration. Where the heck was the water coming from? In addition to this, the fan on the air conditioner decided it didn't want to work followed by the check light coming on the fridge (which turned out to be fine). We also had two hungry children by this time. I started making hamburgers and mac and cheese for the kids while Jimmy sweated and cursed finished setting up. BTW, the water was coming from a small crack in the slide that we found when we got home and Jimmy has since caulked). It was pretty much a wash out on Friday night. We stayed in and watched the 4 or 5 channels we could get from the antenna (life is rough!). Here are some pics....

Saturday morning was cloudy to start but the sun did start peeking through the clouds and things started drying out. We went to the playground and hung out at the camper until after lunch. We took the kids to the pool and were quite surpised how much Cody enjoyed himself. It took a little convincing, but once he was in, you couldn't get him out. We then headed over to the Kiddie Carnival and the kids had fun with the dime toss, duck pond, and balloon maker. Cody got an octopus and Hannah wanted a penguin. My parents stopped by to visit around dinner time. We played a few games and built a fire, roasted sausages, and ate, ate, ate. Hannah toasted some marshmellows. Later the kids watched Cars in the camper and Jimmy and I had a good time sitting by the fire and just talking. On Sunday everyone slept in, which was much needed. I made breakfast-eggs, hashbrowns, and toast. We started packing up and headed home. It was a great weekend. Now the countdown begins to Frontier Town!

Halloween Camping Trip

Well, we had a successful first camping trip! We left Friday afternoon for Drummer Boy in Gettysburg for our Halloween trick-or-treat camping weekend. Set up went relatively good, although we did have to move our position on the site after trying to get as close as we could to the electric and water, we then realized we couldn't get the slide out out the whole way. But once we were settled, we had a good evening. We made hamburgers for dinner and then built a fire. By that time the kids were getting tired so we headed in to get ready for bed. We put Cody in the Pack N Play and Hannah on the pull out couch which worked out great. They both fell right to sleep and slept through until 8 am! After breakfast we took Hannah to the Build A Bear workshop the campground was having. She picked out a kitty and dressed it as a ballerina and 30 dollars later we went back to the camper!!! It was such a rainy dreary day but we made the best of it. I started making Rigatoni to put in the crock pot for dinner and my parents came to visit. By this time we ate some lunch and then it was time to get ready for trick-or-treat. The rain stopped long enough for Hannah and I to go up and down a few lanes and collect some candy. Jimmy stayed at the campsite and handed out our candy. By then the rain started again. Cody woke from his nap and we dressed him in his Elmo attire. Jimmy took us in the truck so Cody could go a little bit. He wasn't too sure about trick-or-treat. He was a little shy to go up and pick a treat.

Jimmy carved a pumpkin for the kids (which i have to say was very impressive!) After dinner we played some cards and then Jimmy's friend from work came to visit and we built a fire again. The kids played outside a little since the rain finally stopped. In no time it was time to get baths and hit the hay. We had another successful night. Sunday morning after having breakfast we started loading up to go home. We were all wishing we had another day. The kids really enjoyed themselves and were very good the entire trip. We all can't wait to go again in the spring!