Father Son Campout

Amid threats of a tornado (I kid you not!) Ken loaded up the camping gear and the two boys and left for the Father Son Camp out. Crazy? I sure thought so. I couldn't believe anyone would go. Thank goodness their trip wasn't ruined like I feared it would be. Caden was thrilled to death about going.

The boys all ready to go.

They got there, ate stew and drank these blue drinks. Caden loved the drink and thought it was the greatest (doesn't take much to please this boy).

They even saw a toad.

The tent is all set up.

Caden eating a s'more.

Chase hoarding all of the s'more stuff by bringing it to Dad so he can protect it.

Chase loved being with his dad. He would wander around and then come, back up and sit on Dad's lap. I think some people thought Ken was crazy for taking Chase but as Ken put it, "It was a win/win situation." Ken said Chase was so good (just walked around exploring) and I was able to have a nice break.

After he had his fill of s'mores Chase wandered around carrying this bag of marshmallows and graham crackers.

Lucky for the boys the rain didn't even start until after dinner and s'mores. Chase loved the rain. He would walk out from under the tarp into the rain and just stand and feel the rain fall down. He thought it was great.

The boys fast asleep.

Chase

At one point during the night Ken checked on the boys to make sure they were warm enough. Caden, being a light sleeper, immediately sat up and had a big grin on his face and said, "Hi, Dad. Good morning."

Chase slept really good. He even had the bed head to prove it.

Caden warming up by the fire in the morning.

Caden was so excited they had Life and claimed the whole box for himself.

The Fathers and Sons from our ward (it was a stake camp out).

All of the fun apparently wore Caden out.

So what did the girls do? We had a girls night in. We had friends over, ate pizza, played, painted nails, got the snacks out and started watching a movie and then....the power went out. Yes, the storm did hit us (apparently harder than the boys). We never were able to finish the movie since the power was out for almost 4 hours.