Camping Fun!

This weekend we decided to have a little camping fun.  We went to Maquoketa State Park, about 40 minutes North of us in Iowa.  Mark and Jenna met us there and we had a great time!  Friday night we set up camp and roasted some hotdogs and made some fire roasted popcorn.  Jon and I got a chance to try out our new tent and it worked pretty well!  It has lots of room for our queen sized air mattress and Colton's play pen.  We dressed Colton in some pretty warm clothes and gave him lots of blankets and he slept through the night just great!  He's even been teething lately and has had a fever and isn't eating well but it didn't seem to affect him Friday night so we were grateful for that.  I, on the other hand, forgot my extra blankets to go in my sleeping bag and I sorta froze all night.  It was still fun though.

Friday night camping!  Our new tent is in the background.

Mark working on our popcorn.

Saturday, Mark and Jenna cooked us some scrumptious breakfast and then we packed up camp and went cave exploring.  There are quite a few caves within the park and it was pretty cool exploring them a bit!  Mark and Jenna stayed with us the rest of the weekend and we had a great time chatting and watching shows and enjoying some delicious Olive Garden!  We always love it when Mark and Jenna visit.  We were so glad they could come!

Enjoying our breakfast.

Mark and Jenna at the entrance to the caves.

The park ranger said we might have to duck down a bit to get in.  Apparently they are used to very short tourists...