Father/Son Campout - Part 2 - The Picture Part

Father/Son Campout

Every year, Clint and the boys go on an overnight camp-out with the other men/boys we go to church with. Gabe was once again left behind...maybe he'll be out of diapers next year! If dirt is any indicator of the good times enjoyed by my boys, I think they had a blast!!

In their absence, the girls set up a tent, too. Ours was conveniently located in the living room.

Gabe & Autumn enjoyed a couple movies tent-side, before G was whisked away to his crib.

That left time for me and my baby girl to snuggle and watch another show.

In the morning, we ate and bathed, then hurried off to a Pioneer monument dedication. The President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of our Church, Boyd K. Packer, came to dedicate it. It was a nice ceremony.

Autumn captured how at least half of the meeting really went down for me, chasing G who thinks it is hilarious to bolt away (the giggling only increases when he heads for the street.)


(As a side note, we were sitting pretty close, and there were only 100 or 200 people there. Anyway, Sister Packer was sitting on the front row watching and I saw her look over at me and smile a couple of times. She has 10 children, so she must understand... that's what I perceived, anyway. I love being around seasoned, virtuous mothers. I can only hope their strength and goodness is just a little bit contagious!!)

It's a Wonderful Life

We found a beautiful campsite this past weekend, and had a wonderful time hanging out as a family. There was a gorgeous lake small enough to take a nature walk around, a little snow for the kids to toss at each other, majestic pines and -the best part- NO ATVs!! We were having such a good time that I neglected to break out the camera except to take these two shots (but you understand, right??):

Jonah "Pyro #1" hamming it up for the camera. I swear that the boys' main attraction to camping is the campfire (and I'm talkin' all the boys!) Luckily, we escaped without any burns or forest fires. Autumn looks like she's selecting an appropriate potty site in the background. In reality, she was checking to see if a squirrel would come back out of his hole.

Can we say PRINCESS?? She's a much higher maintenance camper than the boys (i.e., she needs propping up when she squats, which was not the highlight of the trip for me), but she still had a great time! Camping to Autumn means hanging out in the tent as much as possible, so she opted out of S'mores in order to get as much camping time as possible... singing all alone in a dark tent. Odd, I know!