Camping With The Kids

Camping With The Kids

Written by Daron Curtis

This year is the first year we decided to take the kids camping with us. It used to be that the kids would go to their grandmother's house for the weekend and my wife and I would spend the weekend together. After all, we always planned our summer camping trip on the weekend of our anniversary. This year was different and we decided the kids deserved in on all the fun. Besides it would be a great learning experience too.

So the kids were super excited and took no time to pack their things, minus all the comforts of home like video games and hairdryers. It was amazing to see the team work they showed by helping eachother out. Once the van was packed and we armed the home security alarm (packages ADT), we were on our way to the local KOA Campground.

We got the tents set up and our things unpacked and sent the kids to go find some dry kindling so we could start the fire. They got right to it and came back with enough wood to last for the first night. After the fire was going we started to prepare dinner. The kids started to get tired out after that, so we made smores and got them tucked into their tent. Even though they said they were tired, you could still see their flashlights shining through the tent through the night.