Last week we tent camped at Bandits Roost NC Campground! This was our 5th camping trip with our kids and the second trip for Mabel! We brought along our good friends too and it was awesome. Bandits Roost NC Campground Bandits Roost was just a 90-minute drive from our house, making it a quick and …
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An UPDATED list of our car camping essentials, packing lists, and lots of tips for family tent camping! Camping requires a TON of work but is SO very worth it. If you’re considering a family tent camping weekend, I highly recommend starting with car camping at a campground. You can park your car right next …
Sharing some of my favorite easy camping meals and snacks today! Even though we only get to do it once every fall, our family LOVES to camp. Eventually, I’d love to do more primitive camping with our kids, but at their current ages, we have really enjoyed tent camping with our car parked right at …
I just printed out my summer camp packing list so I can get a head start preparing both kids for sleepaway camp in a few weeks. This year they are switching to a new summer camp where they will spend 2 weeks, so I am double checking to make sure they are well-prepared and have …
Summer camp season is just around the corner, which means it’s time to start thinking about camp care packages ideas to send to your kids! Whether they’re off to sleepaway camp for the first time or are seasoned campers, receiving a thoughtful care package can brighten your camper’s day and make them feel closer to …
Over Labor Day Weekend we tent camped in Hunting Island SC! This was the 4th camping trip we’ve done with our kids, the second time we’ve camped at the beach with our good friends — and our first trip with Mabel! It was awesome. Hunting Island SC Campground was right around a 4-hour drive for …
Over Labor Day Weekend we went tent camping at Hot Springs Campground in Hot Springs, NC with friends! I have seriously been counting down to this trip ever since I stayed up until midnight over a year ago waiting for the campsite reservations to open for LDW. I was super lucky to secure the ginormous …
Last weekend our family split up for some extra special mother-daughter and father-son time in the mountains at Camp Merri-Mac and Camp Timberlake. We had such an incredible time at last year’s Mother-Daughter & Father-Son Camp Weekend that we didn’t hesitate to register again this year. And it was just as incredible the second time …
Over Labor Day weekend we took the kids tent camping in Edisto Island, South Carolina! Last year we had so much fun camping at Table Rock that we immediately booked our 2021 camping trip as soon as we arrived home. We actually got quite lucky to get a reservation at this camp site which books …
During our End of Year Family Planning Meeting, one of our family goals for 2021 was to carve out more quality one-on-one time with our kids. To be honest, that has been so much harder than we anticipated. Sure, we take one kid to the grocery store sometimes, Caroline and I often cook together and …
We did it!! We went tent camping for the first time as a family over Labor Day weekend. For our campground, we chose Table Rock, SC which was a little less than 2.5 hours away from Charlotte. It was a destination recommended by our friends and offered lots to do from hiking to water activities. …
We returned to Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resort for Thomas’s birthday (party & gift)! Originally we had planned a party at the house but after visiting this amazing Camp-Resort a few weeks ago, we agreed with Thomas that it would be so much more fun to celebrate at Jellystone instead! And this time we brought …