Camping

One of the highlights of fall break last week was going on the ward campout. And yes I went and slept in a tent and stayed the whole night! (Kirt was telling his Dad about our excursion and he was laughing and didn't believe I went). I guess I can't blame him as I've had issues with camping in the past. But, really it was a great time. I was a bit nervous about the idea of camping in the desert. (Although where else could you camp in October and really only need a sweatshirt and jeans after the sun went down.) But, no scorpions or rattlesnakes attacked. We did hear coyotes howling in the distance, which sounded so cool; I say that in retrospect as at the time I didn't know how distant they really were. So, I woke Kirt to walk me to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Hey, I'm working up to this camping stuff :)

Our families first camping adventure together! Kirt's been aquiring gear little by little as he's been wanting to camp together for awhile. I loved the tent--it's huge. All 6 of us slept in it with plenty of room for our bags, a playpen, and 2 more people if needed. Good find Kirt!

An after dinner sunset--amazing colors!

Brigham taking an early morning peek out of the tent. I woke to find him bundled up in Kirt's sleeping bag with him. He thought his little hands were getting too chilly in the playpen.



Dallin took this picture of Elaine and me at the cactus. He kept telling her to lean up against it for the picture--ah siblings.