Camping at Cooper Lake State Park

Last weekend we went camping with some friends in East Texas. 

Greg out in the water with most of the kids

They had a nice playground that we went to early in the morning before it was too hot.

Sassy girl!

Lizzy and Jillian had a great time making "cookies" out of rocks.

We also had a fun time throwing water balloons at every one.

We did not "rough" it like we normally do... but it is July in Texas, so we stayed in an a/c shelter that also had beds... but we supplied our own linens and had to walk to the bathroom (gotta be points in there for that).

I conveniently left my bathing suit at home, so Greg got to do all the lake time with the kids!

Greg is getting the campfire ready for cooking our dinner...not sure what his friend Jacob was doing...

After camping we hit the road for a slight detour home... we went from East Texas to Northern Arkansas. Greg's Aunt's mom had passed away so we got up early our last day and started the drive up there, stayed a few hours to hang out with them then drove home (ended up a 16 hr drive)... below is the drive home.. about one hour into our drive, the kids had had dinner and were all fast asleep and stayed that way most of the 8.5 hrs home.