mama says om theme: simple

We spent the weekend livin' the simple life on our first family camping trip. We figured our youngest was finally old enough to take the leap without worrying about waking the entire camp all night with a crying baby. So with our new tent and our truck loaded down, we headed to the mountains.



The boys loved hanging out in the tent eating s'mores. Who wouldn't?



The little guy was a wiped out and took an impromptu nap in the back of the pick-up on the way to the creek.



After climbing a mountain covered with boulders and exploring caves, we surveyed the awesome scenery. It was breathtaking!



Of course the trip wouldn't have been complete for our middle boy without finding an elk bone. He also came home with a spider bite but I guess that's the price you pay for taking a walk on the wild side.



The only glitch was that it got really, really cold at night and we did, too. After getting up about 300 times to cover the boys back up after they kicked off their covers, I stepped on my glasses. My husband said, "Surely, this night has to end soon..." We heard some coyotes and some crying babies, but finally morning did come and we were greeted by our two-year old who is very much a morning person. He came over to our bed, teeth chattering, saying, "Ma-ma, my m-mouth is mo-mo-o-ving." There's nothing like snuggling up to toddler with morning breath while staring blindly into the morning sun, broken spectacles in a neat pile next to the air mattress that has slowly deflated during the night. But I digress...

There may never be another first anniversary, first home, or first baby in our family, but we sure enjoyed our first camping trip and look forward to many more.


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