Elle Bee Photography

This past weekend we took a short family trip to Jellystone Park to camp with our kids and our friends.  Everyone had a fabulous time!  This was our first time camping (in a tent & at a campground) and the kids did so great!  I’m so glad that we decided to take the time away.  I promised myself that I wouldn’t keep my phone with me during the trip (for my normal email/FB/message check), and I definitely enjoyed my time “unplugged.”  Don’t get me wrong, we still had plenty of things to plug-in.  At one point during the trip, after the sun went down and the fire was crackling, someone commented about how the golf carts (with their headlights) took a little away from the experience of camping.  His wife answered, “I think we gave that up when we packed the Keurig and iHome.” 😉

Jellystone Parks are a great family friendly campground with lots of things for the kids.  Mine would have been happy to spend all-day everyday at the waterslides and pool.  When they weren’t in the pool, they also loved riding their bikes in front of our site.  I was so relieved that all of my kids went to bed at a reasonable time (bedtime normally at home can get pretty miserable) and that meant lots of fun adult time after the kids were asleep!  I am so blessed to have such great friends!

Finally, after four days, I was ready to be back at home.  I couldn’t believe how dirty everything and everyone was!!  I sent the kids straight to the tub while my hubby unloaded our jam-packed van.  As I worked on the reorganizing the house and the unending loads of laundry, I praised God for my children, my husband, great friends, His creation, and my clean air-conditioned house.  🙂

Oh, FYI, since I was trying to truly be on a break from work, I decided not to take my SLR camera along.  I have a video camera/point & shoot camera that I pulled out for about 10 minutes (total).  So….enjoy….