Ward Family Camping Trip

We had a great time at Powell Park on Lake Sam Rayburn with the Ward Bunch and even got to see some other family. It was a great weekend lots of sun, a little rain, perfect temperatures and not nearly as many mosquitoes as I was expecting. We swam, boated, danced, drank, tubed, fished, ate, drank some more and caught up with each other and reminisced about old times.

Daytime Fun!!!
Nighttime Fun!!!

All the Kids!

Adam blowing out the candles (lighter) on his birthday cake. Happy 30th Birthday, Adam!!The first one was destroyed in the storm on Thursday night. It was submerged in water when the cooler flipped over and then attacked by ants. The kids still wanted to eat it. YUCK! But Aunt Kathy saved the day and baked a new one ( at her house, she wasn't camping) and brought it to Adam. It was YUMMY and so thoughtful of her. Nothing like fresh homemade birthday cake.

Dad and Uncle Dan frying fish. We had a weekend packed with Yummy food. Awesome Fried Fish, Gumbo and Burgers. Not to mention fantastic pancakes and bacon. Why does everything taste so good when you're camping?

The view from the beach. In the water (Uncle Chuck, Aunt Kathy, Guy and ), on the tube (Maddie and Madison), on the boat (Dad, Uncle Dan, Kaleigh, Maycee, Aunt Diane and Jason.)

Adam, Ashley Addison and Kennedi

The Party Boat! Yes they are dancing (Adam, Kaleigh and Danielle) and yes that is the infamous Captain Tina driving. The only thing left to your imagination is hearing Low (Check out this link , this kid is hilarious. I don't know who he is, but I saw it on Facebook a few days ago) by Flo Rida blaring from the radio and Danielle blowing that air horn to announce their arrival. Don't worry they aren't the only ones that did some dancing on the party boat over the course of the weekend. :-)

Oh, and I forgot to mention...the party boat wasn't lost all day, it was just out sight seeing!!

Ward Family Trip

We are leaving today to go camping with all the Ward Family. We will be camping on Lake Sam Rayburn. I'm excited to see everyone (I think there will be at least 35 people there) and because this is the lake I grew up camping on and no other camping has ever compared. I am looking forward to getting there and making lots of new memories with lots of great family! We will be enjoying lots of boating, swimming, great food, beer, horseshoes, visiting and singing the Family Trip theme song "Little Ole' Wine Drinker" at least 100 times.

My Dad's family has been having an annual trip planned at a convenient time for Fantasy Football drafts for several years. I'm not sure exactly how many years, but I know for sure we were there in 1997 because I remember watching the coverage of Princess Diana's death in the Condo in Florida.

Here are a few pics from some of the previous trips:

Gulf Shores 2003--This was Maddie's first trip.

The five Ward brothers...left to right: Frank, John, Pat, Robert and Dan.

Hot Springs, Arkansas 2005 This was Maycee's first trip.

Mississippi 2006

Gulf Shores 2008

We were evacuated for a hurricane and had to head north and fly home from their. We only stayed a few days and I don't have many pictures. I was planning on more pics later in the week :(

The beach and pool as we were evacuating. So different from the day before.

P.S. I am changing my music player to Dean Martin's "Little Ole Wine Drinker" for the weekend. Enjoy!

Camping

We have spent ALOT of time camping this summer. These are some random pictures of all of our fun. It is so nice to be at the lake. It is relaxing and the kids can have so much more freedom than at home. They love to be outside.