Father/Son Campout?? with the whole fam

Our stake had the annual father-son campout this weekend. We planned on Jimmy and Abe going (now that we finally have a tent!)… but when Abe had a belly ache all week, we decided it might not be the best option to send him out to the boonies with no facilities or running water for his 1st campout. He was pleased as punch to get to camp in the backyard…. so we made it a family event.

First up – set up the tent. Check (thanks for dad’s help!).

Next… bbq with hamburgers and hotdogs… a crowd pleaser around here.

S’mores… sorry to admit but we microwaved them. We didn’t think an open fire was allowed in the neighborhood… and Tru was such a rascal I feared he’d burn himself on the coleman stove or bbq. The tots still enjoyed them.

Pumping up air mattresses. We squeezed 1 large and 2 small air mattresses in that 4 person tent. Wait until we have to really rough-it.

Wrestling… I think Tru was wrestling and having fun… I think Max was pushing and screaming because Tru was on his bed most of the time.

Movie Night… The tots watched Tangled and ate popcorn.

All night I kept thinking that we should be having more fun together and it shouldn’t be so hard for everyone to get along … Then we put Truman in Bed. Sigh… Peace on Earth once again. (Tru… we love you kid, but 18-month-olds get into a lot of mischief when bothering sibling, crawling all over everyone, spilling root beer, etc. I also decided that I’m not ready to be a camping family until our kids are old enough to not cause a million disasters or fall in a fire.

Hannah opted out on the sleeping outside thing. But she read and had snacks with the boys. Abe, Max and Jimmy persevered and actually fell asleep out there. I was amazed that the boys lasted longer than 30 minutes. They all slept outside until 6:15 and then we enjoyed a breakfast of cinnamon rolls and scrambled eggs.