Fall Break at Lake Rudolph

Fall Break for Warrick County was last Friday and Monday (16 and 19 of Oct.) and we spent our break camping at Lake Rudolph with my parents and my sister, bro-in-law and nephew. Last year was our first year to camp during Halloweekends and we had so much fun we wanted to go again. This time we went in style and my parents rented a King Size RV and it was so nice! Lake Rudolph is a camp ground/RV resort next to Holiday World in Santa Claus, IN. During the last weekend of Sept. through Halloween weekend they host Halloweekends, a variety of activities to do for Halloween/Fall. On Friday night, they had hayrides and movie night but it was raining and really chilly, so we stayed in the camper and made s'mores over the fire and the kids watched Monsters vs Aliens on the laptop. Saturday morning the kids went to the Halloween carnival and played games, drew on pumpkins and made Halloween pillows/trick or treat bags. On Sat. night, the kids went trick-or-treating around the campground. The kids had a blast and I look forward to doing it again next year. I love this time of year!!

Lake Rudolph Camping Trip ~ Day 1 ~ Blitzen Bay

After Jordan's tourney on Saturday (June 20), we headed up to Santa Claus, IN to Lake Rudolph to camp for the weekend. It was fore casted to be hot all weekend and it was a scorcher on Saturday so we went straight to Blitzen Bay to swim! We spent a good 3 hours there swimming and cooling off!

We took a break from swimming and got some yummy ice cream!

After swimming, we headed to Dale for supper at Denny's.

Lake Rudolph Camping Trip ~ Day 2 ~ Father's Day

The boys were up and ready to go on Sunday morning. They played hard on Saturday and got a good night's sleep!!!
Brad cooked the sausage and bacon and my mom made pancakes.

We celebrated Father's Day while we were camping! Brad is such an awesome dad!

Juan (my bro-in-law) and Justin

We made smoked sausages, hot dogs, creek fries and baked beans for lunch. My grandparents came to visit after church.

My grandma, Brad, my dad and Jordan played a little corn hole!

My mom and Grandpa Chandler, he will turn 80 on June 28! He's a wonderful man, I have learned a lot from him!

Once everyone left, it was the kids, my dad and sister left to spend some time together for Father's Day. We made smores for the kids and they watched a movie in the camper.

Jacob and his papaw!!

Spring Break 2009

Spring Break this year, the boys went camping with their Papaw Knight! Jordan's turn was Monday-Wednesday, Justin's turn was Wednesday-Friday. Friday, Brad, my mom, the kids' cousin Katelyn, Jacob, Jordan and I joined Justin and my dad at Lincoln to camp overnight. We had a wonderful time but we could have had better weather. Friday we took the kids fishing and they played from sun up to sun down! Saturday it rained pretty much all day but we made the most of it! We made a fire in the fireplace under a shelter house. My sister and her husband joined us around noon and they brought a portable dvd player and the kids watched movies and we played games. We made smores and roasted hot dogs in the fireplace. The rain cleared for a while and the kids enjoyed themselves on the playground getting muddy! A tornado warning was issued so we packed up and everyone came to my house for chili supper. My dad stayed behind to make sure the camper was alright. Jacob got his turn to spend time with papaw today and will come home tomorrow since he is not in school yet! We had a wonderful time spending Spring Break camping!

Jordan: caught 4 fish with papaw on Monday and Tuesday, got the dirtiest of all three boys all week, fell into the lake while fishing on the dock but caught a bass!

Jacob: loved being out in his element, got pretty dirty and surprised me by not being the dirtiest all week, caught a fish on Friday with papaw, mamaw, mom and dad and got a 3 lb bass today with papaw!