Smiths: Camping

Saturday, July 30, 2011

July

Here's what we were up to in July...

Every year we attend the South Salt Lake Firework Show. They always host it the day before the fourth, but since the fourth was on a Monday they had their fireworks on the second. We went with our friends and as always it was a great show! This was our first year reintroducing Wesley to fireworks. He has been terrified for the past couple of years and we were happy to discover he LOVES them now!

Waiting for the show to start

Beckett was all smiles at first...

but then wasn't too sure of the loud booms!

Gotta love fourth and fireworks!

On the actual fourth, I ran a 10k that morning with my friend Cozette. It was a crazy hot morning and it definitely wasn't my best race, although I did finish 3rd in my age group. Later that day we headed over to Rob's parents for a BBQ and fireworks. We had ourselves a grand ole time!

Scooter rides with Dad

Beckett waiting for his turn with Mommy

Rob and Wesley running from an explosive...or maybe just a little firework. HA HA!

Snaps with the cousins

In the middle of the month we caught a concert at Red Butte Gardens with Hobby

Bobby, Heather, and the boys

Too cute for words!

Rob, Me, and the Beckett man!

For the 24th of July, we took the boys camping up Big Cottonwood Canyon. It was our first "real" time camping with them and we had a blast! We are definitely rookie campers and it definitely would have been more fun with more people, but we had some good quality family time!

Enjoying the fire

Wesley got a hold of the camera

Hiking around Silver Lake

What a gorgeous view!

Throwing rocks and playing in the dirt

At the end of July we took our friends {the Daines} up to Bear Lake. It wasn't the warmest weekend, but we still made a fun weekend out of it.

Hanging at the beach

Fish Out of Water

Adorable Twins!

Playing at the park

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Ward Camp Out

I am a little behind on blogging. I am trying to get caught up before we head out of town once again!

A couple of weekends ago, we headed up to Kamas to go camping with our ward. We were a little nervous because this was our first time camping with the boys. A major concern was the sleeping arrangements. Both of our boys are pretty high maintenance and have a hard time sleeping through the night if they are not in their own beds. So Rob and I decided to brave it and go with the expectation of being up most of the night. I made sure we were super prepared with a million layers of clothing and blankets. Another thing I did, hoping that it would help Wesley be excited about sleeping in a tent, was buy him his own Lightning McQueen air matress. Well...all of it worked! Our boys were angels and slept through the WHOLE night. Rob and I on the other hand didn't! We hadn't used our air matress in years and didn't check it before we left. We realized shortly after going to bed that it had a hole in it and we were practically sleeping on the cold hard ground within a few hours. We were also woken up in the middle of the night by a pack of coyotes! And I was a little terrified to shut my eyes again! Overall we slept better than expected and it got us really excited to take the boys camping next year!
Our ward activities committee is amazing and they planned a great camp out!!! Every one arrived around dinner time. We ate dinner and then had a Dutch Oven Cook-Off. Every one made delicious desserts...but my favorite had to be the Peach-Raspberry Cobbler! Delish! We ended the night with a great fireside by the campfire and hit the sack!

Wes showing me his cool flashlight

Two of my handsome boys!

Me and the Husband

Wesley all cozy in his new bed

The next morning, we were served a delicious breakfast! Then we got into teams and played some really fun games! I have to admit I wasn't really excited for the games, but our activities committee out did themselves and we all had a lot of fun!