Camping time

Here we are in our second month of summer vacation. We went on our first camping trip as a family to Diamond Lake over 4th of July weekend. If you have never been I highly recommend it, very family friendly. We tent camped right on lake which made for beautiful sunrises.

Enjoying my morning coffee

It was also our first time camping with our 4 month old baby girl.


 Happy to say she did really well. What I would recommend to anyone planning  a camping trip with a baby is to definitely go to a family friendly spot. You don't want your baby waking up all hours of the night because of the people partying in the site next to yours, unless your into that, and in that case, cheers! A couple things I found helpful was bringing the stroller, baby front carrier pack and the bumbo.

Just remember  what ever you bring will probably end up smelling like campfire, so anything that can't go in the wash may be best left at home. As you may or may not know Diamond lake has some awesome all paved bike trails all the way around the lake. We didn't get to ride all the way around this time but we brought the kids bikes which made for a fun little trek whenever they got restless around the campsite. As for the men in your life, they can get their fish on. My hubby ended up catching three trout on one of his outings which made for a yummy fish dinner. If you are interested in checking it out here is the link to their site http://www.diamondlake.net/. As for the 100 loads of laundry to do when returning home from camping, I have no advice, sorry. So our first trip of the summer was a success, and I so can't wait for the next one.

View from our campsite, which was L3, great spot right on the lake