First family camp-out

Our ward is having a camp-out this weekend and we initially wanted to join in the fun. But, I picked up a shift to work on Saturday so we wouldn't be able to go. I still wanted to go camping so we took the kids and stayed Friday and Saturday at North Fork by Eden, Ut. It was a very pretty place to stay, but it cost us way more than we anticipated to stay one night so we will probably never go back.

It was a perfect temperature when we got there and it felt so nice to get out of the city.

Malachi loved to play in the dirt. I could not keep him on a blanket, he would pull the blanket so he could get his little hands in the dirt. 

Levi was so excited to go camping. We had a little creek right next to our camp site and it was perfect for him to play in.

It was fun to camp, but it was a lot of work with two little kiddos.

Levi copies everything Adrian does. After Adrian was done pounding in the tent stakes, Levi picked up the same rock Adrian used and pounded them all in a little more. Notice the gray rain fly on the ground. Once we got the tent up we thought there was no rain fly. We probably said 10 times or so how much warmer we would have been in the night if we had the rain fly. We discovered it under our tent as we took the tent down the next morning!!! We got a good laugh!!

Levi had so much fun that evening we were there. He stayed up late with us and we even saw two shooting stars. He kept holding out his hands wanting to catch a falling star.

We got to bed quite late that night and Adrian and I hardly slept because we were up all night trying to keep blankets on the kiddos.

Malachi's night routine was not bothered at all. He slept the best out of all of us. He was so good the whole time we were camping. He's entertained by watching everyone else.

We weren't able to have a fire because we could find absolutely no fire wood around. I guess that's how a public camping site is, everything's been so picked over.

Good morning to these two handsome boys :)

Levi was so grumpy when he woke up. Malachi woke up at his normal time of 0630 and we all got up with him. Levi did not get enough sleep and in the morning he kept saying he wanted to drive back home. Here's one picture of him happy after we ate breakfast.

 We did a small hike to a waterfall. Had we known how steep and strenuous it was we probably would not have done it with kids. But, Levi was great at walking on the easy parts!!

Notice how dirty his face is, it amazed me how I could not keep this boy clean. At one point he was literally laying in the dirt rolling around.

Levi also got soaked in the creek and ended up walking around with no pants or shoes. 

We had some good old fashioned family fun. Adrian said he's had his fill of camping for a while though. It's just not as relaxing as it used to be before kids. We sure love our kids though and can't wait for more adventures with them!!