Family Camp Out

One of my fondest memories during the summer growing up was camping as a family. It seems we were gone somewhere every week-end. My parents had a membership to Camperworld, which are campgrounds but they usually have grass, bathrooms, showers, swimming pools, etc. One thing about it, we didn't have to work. If we stayed home we had to work so we were all about getting away. The campground we went to the most was in Coalville.

Each year in October during General Conference we still go up there with a bunch of relatives and watch conference together. The pool is always closed by that time of year and I wanted to take my little family up during the summer to enjoy what I used to enjoy.

Scott promised me one week-end (Friday-Saturday) that I could plan and choose what to do. Our week-ends have filled up so fast that it's crazy to find one open. Since the Rowley Reunion was only an afternoon/evening thing that freed up last Friday and Saturday.
I packed everything up and was pretty much ready to go after Scott got in his promised golf game. The girls were so excited to have another new house. On our trip to Mt. Rushmore Aubree was excited to see our new house every night.

The girls could hardly contain themselves once the tent was up. They just wanted to play house. Everyone laughs at our huge 10 man tent when it comes to putting up tents. Not that it's hard to put up, it's just that it's so big. We love having all the space.

Thanks to Marcus we have a tent. I don't think Scott would ever buy a tent for the 1 or 2 times a year we use it but I love having it. Marcus gave it to us probably about 8 years ago for Christmas. It was the year he got his new job and bought everyone nice Christmas presents. Thanks Marcus! We are still using it.
Anyway, we then went swimming and it felt sooooo good. The girls loved it. Aubree even put her head under (not by her choice, but by Scott's choice). She wasn't real excited about that but on the way home she said. "Mom, I have a good idea. I can go under again and close my eyes this time." I asked if she hadn't been closing her eyes before and she said no. I guess that explains the blood shot eyes she had the entire time we were there.

Syd had so many life saving devices on while swimming that she could barely breathe. They required a life jacket for 3 and under because there is no lifeguard on duty. She was also in her little baby tube. She couldn't move at all.
This picture was an exciting 2 man game of Duck Duck Goose. You just never know who's going to picked to run with 2 people. The girls loved it anyway.

Later we roasted hot dogs and suffered though a meltdown by Aubree who was exhausted. We tried to put both girls down to bed but then neither of them were tired enough to actually go to bed so they came back out and sat around the campfire with Scotty and I.
It was a little cold and I thought the whole family might end up sleeping on the air mattress with Scott and I but we only had one kid in bed with us at a time. I guess that's a success. We got up and played on the toys and walked around in the morning and the packed up and headed back home.

It was a fun 24 hour trip and I want to do it again next year. We can only hope we have a newborn and can't do fun things like next year that but we learned long ago not to hold our breath on that one.