At the beginning of July we went camping with Sheldon's family for a night. This was the first time we had gone camping in a tent since Tucker was a little baby. We had some bad experiences when Tucker was little and hadn't been brave enough to attempt it since, but in spite of everything that happened it turned out to be a good trip. Before we even got up into the mountains, Halle fractured her leg playing at the playground while we were packing up the car. It was just a tiny fracture and they gave her a boot not because her foot needed it to heal, but just to keep her from walking on it a little bit more. The next day she was trying to walk around and we had a very difficult time trying to keep her from walking on it. I'm grateful it wasn't very serious and healed up just fine. We also had pouring rain at night! It really seemed like Murphy's law came true. In spite of the rain, the kids slept ok in the tent and nobody got wet inside the tent. The greatest thing we did was give them glow sticks to sleep with. It gave them just a little bit of light so they weren't afraid of the dark.
The next day we decided to hike to Stewart Falls. Halle rode in our backpack the whole time so she didn't have to hike on her foot and we took turns carrying Finn. Sheldon won the strongest hiker award: at one point he had Halle in the backpack, Tucker on his shoulders, and carried Claytin in his arms.
It's not a real camping trip without marshmallows!
Love this crazy face on Finn.
Halle found a ladybug and don't you love how dirty she is? It is amazing how dirty kids can get while camping. Overall it was a great trip and I'm glad the Mills planned it and let us come along!
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Fun! I'm glad everything worked out in the end. You're my hero; taking three kids camping is impressive! Just one is too intimidating for me . . . .
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