matt took chet and holden on an overnight camping trip the other weekend.
remember how we had signed chet up for scouts? and then backed out? haha
well, part of that deal was that we would go on more family camping adventures in exchange for scouts.
so this was us keeping that promise.
originally, we were all going to go. but then we figured that tad just wasn't at a great stage for camping, so tad and i stayed home. (which i wasn't overly sad about!)
matt found a campsite that was about 90 minutes from our house, up in the mountains.
holden and i worked hard, while matt and chet were at school and work, to get everything organized to go.
holden loves to help, so this was like a dream for him!
the boys left saturday morning and got back sunday afternoon.
they explored, burned things with magnifying glasses, got dirty, went on a little hike.. you know, camping things.
the boys had such a good time.
the worst part was the temperature - we didn't anticipate how cold it would get up in the mountains!
and there was a fire ban.
and we don't own sleeping bags.
soo.. matt said it was a coOOoold, sleepless night!
but, they all survived, and are itching to go again.
the boys don't know it yet, but they are getting sleeping bags for christmas from my parents. they are going to be so thrilled!
a squirrel trap.. that caught nothing.
matt is such a great dad. these boys sure are lucky!
