Camping at Chincoteague

Each year we go camping with friends the weekend after Labor Day.  This year we went to Chincoteague Island in VA.  We were fortunate that our camping trip coincided with a rocket launch at NASA's Wallop's Island Flight Center.  Here is a video of the rocket launch, which was much more amazing in person.  We were able to watch it from a dock at our campground Friday night at 11:27PM.  It was one of the most amazing sites I've seen!

Here's a really neat picture that my friend Laura took of the launch:

Quinn went to bed and didn't watch the launch, so the next day he woke up at his usual 6AM and we got to see the sunrise:

Later that day we went to Assateague Island National Park where we saw wild ponies and posed for a family picture:

And Uncle Adney and Caleb goofed off:

On our way back to the campground, Quinn got to stop at the beach for the first time:

Back at the campground, Caleb and Emma love on each other and goof around:

We took a kayak trip that afternoon, and stopped off at the wildlife refuge, where we saw real live hermit crabs right on the beach!

That evening, we made camper pizzas, and a certain toddler thoroughly enjoyed his:

Thank you, God, for my camper pizza!

That night we played mini golf (I didn't get any pictures because I was too busy chasing Quinn around), and the guys rode go-karts:

Despite Quinn going to bed 3 hours past his bedtime, he still woke up at 6AM the next day.  He apparently thought I should be awake, too, so he threw his stuffed monkey at me, and it hit me square in the back.  But at least we got to enjoy another sunrise: