They're busy folks.  Nathan is in architecture, Marni in management of a civil engineering firm.  Both full time parents of two energetic children Trevor and Megan.  Still they find time to take memorable trips to the outdoors together, and they absolutely radiate with infectious mirth - once again I'm looking at kindred souls I wish were my very own neighbors.

Brace yourself for some big shockers here:
Trevor Woods, age 12, loves catching bugs and lizards, enjoys rocks of all sizes, and climbs everything in sight.
Megan Woods, age 8, loves playing in the dirt, collecting rocks, catching dragonflies, and sitting on Daddy’s lap and steering the Jeep while on the trail.

Put your hands together for the Woods Family.  All four participated in this one.

These kids hardly need language at all - what with there being these totally awesome digging toys for the sand.  Even though Samantha once complained to me that, "I can't understand her.  She talks weird" about this little Mexican girl. Sam is only seven years old, so this turned into a teaching moment.

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The big question mark about taking your children on a first camping trip is probably, "will she be able to sleep out there?" Fears about nighttime tears loom over parents, causing some to avoid backcountry traveling as a family for the first year or more of their child's life.

Well, fellow adventurers and worrier-moms, time to confront these fears of the dark. There are a few ways to prepare for the nighttime hours ahead of you as a camping family. Here are 4 top strategies we use for sleep success with our daughter, Chloe, in a tent.

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No camping child is complete without a t-shirt like this.

Are you thinking the same thing I am?  Yeah. Why is that graham cracker missing a tooth?

I really wanted to get a video of Chloe telling me who's on her shirt, because she's good at it. "Dat's a gwam cwacker, dat's a choc-lit, dat's a marshmellow, and he's wunning!"

I didn't create it, I just bought it because I'm a sucker for this stuff.  No kidding. In Yellowstone National Park, I also bought her an impossible-to-pass-up little pajama set with a hat because it had an embroidered grizzly bear on the butt and on the hat. I paid $25 for that set, and it was too small for her in under than two months. A fool and his money . . .

But whatever! Look at this shirt.  It's perfect for the camping kid.  I found it at snorgtees.com for under 20 bucks, but still. I thought it was too funny to pass up.  Now, in all disclosure, if you buy that shirt through my link below they'll send AdventureParents.com a little kick back.

Kids.  They make everything look good, don't they?  So, in the end, you can get your s'more' kids t-shirt at snorgtees.com and help support our fun little website. And, and, and!  And your little offspring will have something to look . . . you know . . . sooooo C-U-T-E.

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• Children's S'mores t-shirt
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Chloe and Samantha spoting really sweet sunglasses
We never knew these girls would be so smitten over one another. Chloe, 2, and Samantha, 7, are good little cousins who play well together.

We're either excited about it, or really freaked out about what they'll do together when they're teenagers. No, I know we're definitely freaked out about that. Until then, I'm capturing all the embarrassing pictures and stories while I can.

Bubbles elicit such happiness, don't they?  Bob Ross, the chill painter of yore, would have liked bubbles.  "Happy things, we want happy things" he repeated.

Brooke and Chloe hanging out at the campfire
We know what all of our friends and family thought before Chloe came along. "Good thing you're getting all your travels out of the way before you have kids, because once you do it'll all come to a stop."  Well, with all love back to them, they were wrong. Brooke covers the essentials that have helped us out in the first two years of parenthood and outdoor family adventures.

Not satisfied with what he could purchase in the store, Mark sets out with a vague plan (although an emotionally charged one) for constructing his own roll top camp table out of a nearly indestructible wood. Relying on the argument that it's for his daughter, he fools most; it's really a cocktail table.