Camping

We went camping again this year to the same place we went last year and had tons of fun.  Lots of friends from a few wards got together to go.  This year we came more prepared to have a better night's sleep by bringing our air mattress and a tent fan.  Last year we used whimpy pads to sleep on.  I definitely slept better this year then I did last year. 

There's a great playground for the kids to play on.

Looks like it would be a fast slide but the kids get stuck going down.

Two little monkeys

Beautiful trees providing great shade line the road to the drive up campsites.  Do you see the Rav 4 on the left?  That's ours.  We traded in Joe's truck and got it.  We love it.

Camping

Friday we went camping at a state park near by with a large group of friends from church. We got there pretty late but just in time to set up camp before it got too dark. We forgot our camping chairs and lost some time there. I saw fireflies for the first time and was able to share that with Michael. We had fun eating s'mores and sitting around a campfire with friends telling stories. I ended up holding Michael on my lap in my chair until he fell asleep. We wandered back to our campsite around 1:30am. I didn't get any pictures from Friday but here are a couple from Saturday morning before we took off. Joe was hurting from sleeping on the ground. I felt like I slept an hour. Michael slept the best and only woke up a few times but went back to sleep quickly. We were happy to be back home early enough in the day for us to all take naps. We had a lot of fun the time we were there and hope to go again sometime. Michael absolutely loved being outside the whole time and didn't have any complaints! I think now that we've actually gone camping with Michael we know that we can do it. So hopefully we will! We just need a bigger tent.