Family Campout at the Lake

This past weekend we had our annual Hornberger Family campout at the lake. This year, everyone came. Except of course my oldest sister, Melissa, who decided the trip from Canada was a little far for an over night campout. We went to Table Rock Lake in Missouri, close to where we grew up. Most of the pictures are of Miriam, but I can hardly help it with such adorable subject matter.

She had a lot of firsts, but that's not hard to do when you're only 10 months old.

It was her first time in a swing.

She loved it.

She swung alongside her cousin Ella for a quite a while. (That might be why she threw up her dinner a little later).

She got to play in the rocks with her Aunt Meredith.

She kept trying to eat them (no surprise there).

It was also her first time on the boat. She liked the boat.

She did NOT like the life jacket.

Eventually the boat put her to sleep.

Stan water skiied and I wake boarded. Thanks to my brother Jared for bringing his boat and taking everyone around!

Back at the campground...

Stan was master cook again.The rest of us were master eaters.

Jared brought his hammock and the kids love playing it. Here's a good shot of Menley.

Miriam got stuck in her playpen since her mom didn't want her crawling around in the dirt and eating the bugs.

I think Grandpa's glasses are a little big.

All in all, it was a fun time. We had a little bit of rain. Not enough to spoil it, but enough to cool things down just a little. Fortunately I came away with only 2 mosquito bites. It was a lot of work for one night though. Maybe next year we'll make it two.