Our wonderful husbands set up camp in the drizzling rain Friday night. Setting up and taking down camp is always the hardest part, so I'm grateful for a husband who does it well, even in the rain. And if you know us, we don't camp "light." For our small family of four we had two large tents--one to house our sleeping bags, port-a-crib, and tent heater, the other to store our gear like my guitar and rocking chair. Yes, my sweet husband wanted me to be as comfortable as possible, so he brought along our wooden rocking chair!
Saturday we hiked to Doughnut Falls (Jill and Nate and family joined us for our morning breakfast and hike) and just enjoyed the amazing weather and beautiful surroundings. It didn't rain again until Saturday night when we were snug in bed. And then did it ever rain! The nights were cold and we got good use out of our tent heater!
The kids did great for the most part. C.J. slept through the nights and Eli didn't wake up any more than usual. We had a few incidences--like Aubrey throwing up, C.J. falling and getting a bloody nose and goose-egg on his forehead, time-outs due to fighting over toys and trikes, etc., but overall I think they loved the adventure of sleeping in a tent and throwing pine cones in the stream.
We definitely want to do it again next year!
Aaron and Ryan cooking breakfast. Yum!
C.J., Aubrey, and Ella playing ball
Jill and Baby Josh being cute
Margaret, Eli, and Barry hanging out at camp
Baby Eli being cute
Aldo drying his son's socks over the fire
We've been doing an annual camping trip with several friends for about 20 years. It definitely is a wonderful tradition to start! Glad you enjoyed it, in spite of the rain.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! And you are neighbors with Jill? Seriously if/when we move back to SLC, we'll have to move into your cool neighborhood!
ReplyDeleteLove ya,
Troi
Margaret and Barry,
ReplyDeleteIt looks like fun, we miss the fire and the visiting around it! Can't say I envy the rain in a tent but as long as you were dry and warm, that's OK. What a wonderful tradition to begin, hope you enjoy many such weekends with friends and family.