Camping at home

We had the best intentions of going camping this summer, but it just didn't work out. With the start of football practice and Mom working on her Master's Degree, we just ran out of time! We did spend the night camping at our house - complete with cooking hot dogs over the open fire, smores and all three of us sleeping in the tent (in our basement)! We did have some different ways to pass the time - like playing the Playstation! :) Next summer, we're planning a camping trip early in the summer before all the craziness happens! Ryan did enjoy the tent in the basement - we kept it up for about 3 weeks!

Smores with the Carmers

A few days after Josh came back from his deployment, we had the family over for smores! The kids - the bigger and smaller ones - loved eating smores! Ryan's $3 yard sale find has been so much fun! It is definitely a tradition of ours to enjoy smores throughout the summer!

Football Camp in July

Ryan went to the University of Dayton Football Camp for three days! It was an awesome experience for Ryan. His favorite part of the UD Camp was hitting the tackling dummies! The next week, Ryan did the Beavercreek High School Camp. He won the Pass, Punt, Kick Competition for 2nd Grade!