Thursday, May 17, 2012

Backyard Campout

The night of the talent show was also the night of the Father/Son Campout for our Stake. In order to let Jason and Landon attend Abby's performance, we decided that we'd hold our own little Father/Son/Daughter campout that night in our backyard. The kids had fun roasting some marshmallows...
 

Right before climbing into bed in their backyard tent!!
 

Here are all three campers before going to sleep that night. (And before you feel too sorry for Jason, no, he did not sleep in the middle. He had his own little bed on the other side of the tent.)
 
We weren't really sure how long either Abby or Landon would last which is why we decided to try backyard camping just in case we needed to head in the house sometime during the night (I had the much easier job of sleeping in the house with Nolan!!) But they were all troopers and after a full night outside, they celebrated by cooking pancakes for breakfast the next morning in our kitchen. The best of both worlds!!

When it was time to break camp, we went outside to discover this sight...
 
 

When we asked him what he was doing, Landon declared, "Just pumping myself full of air since I'm all full of food." Why, yes of course that would be what you are doing!!

1 comment:

Steph Thomas said...

I have actually been wanting to go camping but it is a lot more work as the adult. I think is was more fun as the teenager.
That is the best of both worlds.