Escaping to nature...

These past few months have been like a whirlwind!
I went from being a stay @ home Mom dreaming of being a photographer, to a stay @ home Mom/Photographer!
I am loving every minute of it. However separating work and family has had it's difficulties! Lately it feels like me & my laptop are joined @ the hip....well, fingers!
So last weekend on a whim, my husband & I decided to pack up the 2 kids and our tent...YES I said tent and go on a relaxing back to nature family camping trip!
When we finally got everything set up, I looked around and felt an emptiness, like something was missing! "My laptop, how am I going to work on pictures?" I knew I left it @ home but it didn't quite register until I was alone at the site.
I finally told my self that this is a prefect opportunity to relax, spend time with family and take some pictures of nature. I haven't done any of that recently.

The evening was going great. We went to the beach, I took some pics of flowers, our campsite and the kids playing in the tent.
Then the clouds started to roll in & the thunder started. Well, I thought I would run to the beach with my camera to get some pictures of the amazing sky.
Let me just say that when birds start flying the opposite way, by the hundreds...stop taking pictures and follow them!
So as I was running in a crazy rain/hail/lighting storm you would think that getting hit by lighting would worry me, or the fact that the hail was bruising me as it hit me in the face or even my family back @ the campsite taking cover in a tent! Oh no! I was shoving my camera down my shirt praying that my soaking wet clothes would protect it!!
Well my camera survived...oh, and so did we!
We were so wet the next morning that my husband packed up & we were gone by 5:30am

We are now shopping for a camper!
Here are some UNEDITED photos seconds before I was hit!