Oswalt Campout 2010

This was my second year to attend the Annual Oswalt Campout at Great Uncle Jim and Great Aunt Judy's house in Bluffton. It is always a super great time and one of the few times I get to see my cousins on the Oswalt side each year. There are tons of people since Grandma Oswalt had 6 boys, 14 grand kids and TONS of great grandkids with more on the way (my new sibling will be one of them of course). Jim and Judy put so much work into all of the games and activities, food, and fun! They have a pond and a pool so we can fish, swim, play volleyball, horseshoe, along with the many other things they do just for this event. Here are some pictures of our adventure!

I am ready to go! Daddy, hurry up!!

Cousin Austin was there too!! Yay!
He really liked this little tractor!
I liked the big wheel but it looks like I lost my shoe! Oops!

Pappaw Dan took me for a paddle boat ride! Yippee!

Here are some of my great aunts - Judy, Barb, Karen, Kim and her friend Diane

Daddy is ready to set up camp!

Pappaw and Great Uncle Dave say hello!

Here are my cousins along with a few of their friends. They just finished playing a game but I was taking a nap so I missed it. They all have duck whistles! Judy gave a prize to everyone after each game!

I just woke up from my nap and am enjoying one of Great Grandma O's chocolate chip cookies with Pappaw and Sue.

Mommy and Daddy even took me for a paddle boat ride. We got to be creative and make boats out of cardboard boxes. Then, we had to race them across the pond and whoever hit the painted rock on the other side first was the winner. My boat didn't do so well but I didn't care!

Look at the boats, daddy!

Everyone had to let their boats go and they watched to see how they did! Pappaw likes to tickle me!!

Yay for pappaw!

My cousin Madi pulled me around in a raft! I thought it was so funny!!!

Here is cousin Sophia! She liked the tractor too!

Wow! Now Madi and her cousin Aubrie lifted me up in the raft! Good thing they put it back down quickly or I was going to jump out!!

Here is our tent! This was my first time camping in a tent EVER!! I did a really great job too. I didn't wake up after I FINALLY went to sleep! It was so exciting!

Daddy tried swimming with me in the pond after I had been in the pool with mommy. The pool water was ice-cold!!

Here is the little fish, Madi! She didn't mind the cold water!

Cousin Maya and her daddy Caton

Here is a video of Pappaw pushing me around on the tractor!

Another Trip to the Zoo!

This time it isn't just mommy and I going to the zoo. We are taking Austin, Grammy and Aunt Kari with us!! Yay!!

Austin and I are ready to go...ya think mommy will actually let us drive?? NO! It was fun while it lasted though!

Just arrived at the zoo and ready to get out and go in!
We are going to try the wagon and see how this works!
Oh my goodness! We love petting the sharks. It was so much fun. This is always one of my favorite parts of the zoo and Austin really liked it too! We got so excited when they would swim by us!

Look, Aunt Kari!!!! It's a baby shark!!

So fun!

Every animal I saw I called a "cow". I really like saying that word right now! Mommy tried correcting me but I still called everything a cow!!

Look, it's a COW....(aka ZEBRA)

Another COW!!!....(aka GIRAFFE)

This time we got really close to the "cows" (goats) at the petting farm. Grammy and Aunt Kari took us in so we could actually pet them!! Yippee!

"Cows" (Goats) are funny!

I think I already told you but mommy and daddy both had pet goats as kids. Mommy's goat was named "Speedy" because he was born on Indy 500 race day. Daddy's goat was named "Billy"...I guess he couldn't come up with a better name than that. I think that is why our cat is just named "Buddy". Good thing mommy helped him name me or my name might be "Sissy" or something!! haha! Just kidding daddy!

He is talking to me!

We got to ride the carousel at the zoo this time too. Grammy and Aunt Kari took us on this one too! Here we are in line!

Hi Mommy!! Look at me! Getting ready to go!

Here we come around!!

MOMMY!!!!! This is so much fun!

This time at the zoo was full of many firsts. We played at the sprinkler pad for the first time too! There were SOOO many kids though and it was kind of crazy. Austin and I still had a good time though.

I love the water!

Hi Austin!

Here is another COW!!...(aka TIGER)

I was SOOOO tired that I didn't even make it to the car before falling asleep. I was asleep in the wagon riding back to the car.

See, I was exhausted! Grammy and Austin are still awake though.

Grammy kept trying to fix my neck since it looked like it was going to fall off.

Austin wasn't as tired as I was....until the closer to home we got!!!

Here are some videos of our fun day too!