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Jenny and I took the girls camping this weekend! That's right, tent camping with a 2 year old, 2 1/2 year old and a 6 year old and I only asked "what were we thinking?" a couple of times. Really, a good time was had by all. The weekend went very well with just a few minor meltdowns. We went camping near Canaan Valley in West Virginia. Jenny and I love that area. Here are some pics.




Our home for 2 and 1/2 days. A huge storm rolled through on Sunday around 6pm which almost blew the tent over. I held it up while Jenny frantically put shoes on little girls and packed some clothes in case we had to run for it. The girls played liked nothing was going on. We took some water and decided to spend the night in a hotel.


The following pictures are from Blackwater Falls which was about 30 miles from our campsite. Jenny and I love it there.











Scenes from our water battle...






marshmallow madness...

Breakfast with Abigia...


On Sunday we hiked 1 1/2 miles up Seneca Rocks. The view was worth the trek. The girls did great!! Eldana walked the entire way by herself, Abigia walked a mile up the mountain and Eliana did about a half a mile.



Photograph by David Benson









We camped at Jellystone park. Despite never seeing Yogi Bear in their lives all the kids loved him and asked where he was about every 20 mins or so.



hanging at the campground pool...



On the way home we stopped by "the Littlest Church in 48 States," a Smith family tradition dating back to a time before kids.









Injury report:
kids 0
Mom 1 skinned knee (fairly gross, fell coming down from Seneca Rock)
Dad 1 infected bug bite (pretty gross, requiring seven days of antibiotics)