Camping and Prison Museums....

Wow, what a interesting couple of days....we had a blast...there were good times and a few bad times (mainly coldness in middle of night)...I have been talking forever about wanting to go camping...Michelle's boyfriend Tyler lent us his huge tent and Dave semi committed to having us go. Christa asked if we would watch the girls Thursday to Friday afternoon so they c

ould attend the San Antonio Bowl with Baylor (who won!)...Anway, I looked up the weather and Thursday seemed the perfect time to go camping at Huntsville State Park about an hour from our house....so we packe up the car, the babies, and the dog and went to pick up Abby, Allison, Paige, and Lily (Christa's dog)...we were on our way....excited...Our first stop, the Texas State Prison Museum. Huntsville is known for their huge state prison. The museum was interesting. And the girls got to put on prison striped and get their pictures taken in an actual cell. I didn't realize prisoners weren't allowed to smoke in Texas. Next we were off to find the perfect lunch...something that was unique..I looked at trip advisor and the number one choice was a bbq joint in the middle of a bad part of town...so off we go...to find it was closed. So we went to reccomendation #2 Farmhouse Cafe...it was really good!!! We then headed off to wal-mart to pick up a few supplies and then finally made it to the campsite. It was awesome..the weather was chilly, but not too bad. Dave took the girls for a short hike and I stayed back with Sophia. Later we made chili cheese hot dogs and smores...yummy!!! Then is was time for bed...it was colder, but not too bad. Dave set up his ipad for the kids to watch a movie. I feel asleep and then woke up around 3 am FREEZING my tale off...it was in the 20s....the weather report said high of 68 lows of 50s....so where did this 20 and 30s come from??? I tossed and turned...we were all freezing...it didn't matter we brought a million blankets...ultimately the lesson we learned that next time if we go in the cold we will all have our own warm sleeping bags. We woke up early and decided to head out...the problem was the girls remembered we said we might got to IHop in the morning...we were all looking bad...real bad...but, I told the girls if we could put ourselves together a little we could go...they had a blast....we finally got home and were all pooped....soooo tired but had a blast!!!