Sunday, August 21, 2011

Wet and Wild on the Waterfront

One of our favorite parts of Camp Joseph, if not the favorite part, is being on the waterfront.  

There's a great little pond up at camp named the "Waters of Mormon" where the kids swam, rode the raft and caught lots of frogs and salamanders.

There's also a river just a 5 minute drive from camp with a sandy beach where the kids played for hours without getting bored.

Melinda brought her awesome DSLR camera and took some of these adorable pics by the river. Totally made me want a camera like that but I burn through so many camera's that I'm a little hesitant to make the investment.

Still totally glad she brought hers and captured some of these shots. Love this one of my drool baby.

Also LOVE this one of Taber and Brinley digging together in the sand. They both just make me smile. 


The little kids had so much fun splashing around and making mud pies.

And the big kids had fun getting crazy on the rope swing across the river.

I really wanted to get some pics so I attempted to cross the river with my camera hoping it wouldn't get wet. (um yeah, stunts like that are probably why I burn through so many cameras.) Anyway, It was tricky because the river got a kind of deep and had a decent current. I stumbled around and almost gave up, but after a precarious pass off to Joseph, I managed to get the camera across and now have these awesome pics and even a video to highlight the awesomenss of grown ups gone wild on the rope swing : )



5 comments:

Naomi Hanks said...

Hahahha hahahahahahah haha hahah! I love it when you let go of the rope and start kicking like crazy :) Haha! So funny! Oh! and once again, I am totally jealous!

Tau said...

Dude I gotta have that music u put on that video...hahahahaha. Made me think you guys were like in the safari.

Unknown said...

Aw, growing up I had a rope swing, this totally reminds me of it!

Adorable suits your girls have, by the way!

Joanne said...

I love camping when there's water to play in. All the pictures are so cute - I want a nice camera, too, because my dream is to be able to take the kind that have the kid in focus and the background blurry (haha I don't even know what I'm talking about, clearly - I'm sure it takes more than just a nice camera). That place looks so fun - I love the rope swing video.

Sarah said...

I love the slow mo and the rewinds. That video was awesome and Tau is right. We gotta have that music. Looks like the adults had more fun than the kids. I totally want to go there. P.s. did I mention how adorable all of your kids are! Teya and Brinley are starting to look a like so I have to do double takes.