Friday of Labor Day weekend, Mike called me around 4:45, "Why aren't we camping right now?" I responded, "I don't know, why aren't we?" He was filling up for gas and noticed all the camp trailers. He walked in the door after 5 and we pulled out at 6:30 ready to go camping. Some of our best friends, Aaron and Star and family came along. They are always up for a last minute camping trip with us. We didn't even stop at a grocery store, it was just what we had, which included the essentials, hot dogs and s'mores stuff.
What started off awesome took a turn for the worst when Mike had to stop at one of the stores to unclog a drain on our way out of town. I took the kids in and they all had ice cream. Then they had ice cream again. Then we went outside and played in the grass. Then we went and played in the car due to the sugar high damaging all listening ears. 8:30 rolled around and we finally had a clear drain and got to get back on the road. Mike also got an awesome phone call from the other store that their AC went out while he was at the frustration point of a stubborn clog. We were happy to leave it all behind for a vacation minus cell reception! We ended up needing to hit a drive thru since ice cream doesn't quite count as dinner and it would be too late for kid hot dogs. We finally made it to a camping spot up Fairview Canyon, one of our favorite places, around 11:30/midnightish. Definitely a long evening. We got camp set up and started and fire and at that point all the sleeping kids were awake with a second wind. We had hot dogs and s'mores after midnight. Our original plans still happened, just a few hours later. :) It was still fun! The kids all gradually went to bed and Mike and I got to bed after 2. Despite the hours and the long evening, it was still exactly what we needed, a little family vacation! Everyone slept awesome. There was not a single kid that ended up in our sleeping bag at any point in the night. I'm not sure that's ever happened, especially on a chilly night with a baby.
The next morning Michael fell in the water first thing, we went and sat in the van with the heater on to warm up (it was only 45 degrees) and tried to dry his pants out. I only had 1 extra pair of pants for Luke and Michael. Luke already had them on. Haha. Spencer hung out with us too.
Kids are so happy camping. Dirt, fresh air, fire, and water. Really doesn't get any better.
We were in a perfect spot next to this stream that was never more than a foot deep. Star and I took all the kids on a hike up the river.
Star caught a fish with her hands, cleaned and gutted it with a plastic butter knife and cooked it for everyone to share. She is always fun to have along. :)
Jake was in heaven roaming around. He's definitely starting to slow down. He followed the kids everywhere they went. He was actually really well behaved on this trip. You can tell his hips are starting to bother him. Sad.
We had to leave Saturday afternoon, but had a blast. We love camping!!!
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