Can this really be considered camping?

Friday we packed up and headed to Santee Lakes down in San Diego right when the kids got home from school. A fun start to Thanksgiving break. By the time we got there and got set up we only had time to play at their park for a little while since it gets dark so early. But we were able to roast marshmallows and have smores not realizing this is the last time we'd enjoy outside for pretty much to rest of the trip.

It rained almost the entire weekend making for a lovely muddy mess outside. We did try to do a little fishing in the rain on Saturday morning and I was able to click a few pictures before it started coming down too much.

Devin wasn't thrilled with being out in the rain, so he and I headed back to the trailer. It wasn't long before the rest of them followed suit. I can't remember the order of the events of the weekend because we were shut in the trailer almost the whole time, but it was still a lot of fun.

The kids played Legos,

we watched The Polar Express while the rain came down,

drank hot chocolate, watched The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, went out to dinner and did a little shopping at Target and Walmart and also rented Toy Story 3 from Redbox for one night. Justin even ended up catching a trout in the rain. Woo hoo!

But the most impressive thing over the whole weekend was Devin's love for beading that lasted about 8 hours one of the days. He ended up making 20 necklaces and bracelets! He is now lovingly referred to as bead boy or bling boy.

It was a different way to "camp", but we still had a good time. From the looks of it from this picture on our way home, it was exhausting. :-) It's blurry because the road was pretty bumpy and I took it with my phone.

And a few random pictures taken throughout the 3 1/2 days.