Camping!

Bryan and I felt jipped for not getting to go camping this summer so we decided to go for it. WOW- what an adventure! We went to the Big Cottonwood canyon (about 40 minute drive south) and it was gorgeous! Fall has begun and some trees were already all red and it was very beautiful. It would have been perfect had it not been raining. The rain came off and on all night and at one point it turned to hail. Other events that made it interesting- cramming our car full of stuff, Ashley turning grouchy in the car ride there, and not enough room for all our tents at our site so Spencer was Emily's bed buddy. The Foster family came too and they seriously saved the trip. They had supplies for smores and peach cobbler and Emily was in heaven. The morning before camping Emily decided to make a list of stuff we needed. She included marshmallows, suckers and chocolate. The other factor that made our trip hard was Ashley not liking to sleep in her portable crib. She and I both went to bed at 11pm, awake from 2:30-6am and then awake at 8:30. She was surprisingly a happy kid all the next morning. After camping, we went on a small hike and threw rocks in a river. You have never seen happier kids-just throwing rocks in the river. We decided to alter our Texas Christmas camping plans after our experience here. In the end we are glad we did it and we definitely had the get-a-way experience that we hoped for.