Are we campers yet?

One of the great things about growing up in Logan was that we were just minutes from Logan Canyon. I LOVE Logan Canyon. As a family we would go up the canyon quite often, and I loved camping there. My parents decided we were going to be a "camping family" and bought all the equipment, including the portable potty. My mom and dad went on a camping trip to test out all the new loot and they were attacked by bees. So from that point on the kids would go camping up the canyon and mom and dad would come up and stay a while, but go home to sleep.

Shortly after Hayden was born we decided we were going to be a "camping family" so we bought the HUGE tent that we'll still be able to use when we have 15 children, and some other equipment - not the porta-potty though. And on our first trip we realized that the HUGE tent was not so easy to assemble, and Hayden got sick and ended up throwing up all over that huge tent- 3 nights in a row!! NOT FUN! Cleaning it was not so fun either, but we did it. We tried camping again, about a year later, but his allergies were really bad so he coughed and coughed till he puked again. So we packed up the tent and figured that maybe we aren't campers.

Well, the Father/Son camp-out for our ward was a couple weeks ago. Jerry's idea was for he and Hayden to take the seats out of the back of the van, and just sleep in the van. (Yes, I agree, pretty pathetic.) Hayden said that he wanted to sleep in a tent, and after Jerry's attempts at trying to convince Hayden that it would be so fun to sleep in a van he gave up and realized that the trip was about Hayden, and making sure he had fun. It was so cute watching Hayden help out with the preparations. They made a fun shopping list and went shopping together for their treats, and he helped pack up the van and everything. As they left the house Hayden said to me, "Mom, if Rebecca gives you any trouble call us, but if she's a good girl you don't have to call. Love ya." Such a little man!



They had a blast!! They went to Valley of Fire. He had fun climbing the rocks and playing with all the boys from the ward.

Jerry's brother's ward had their Father/Son planned, but it got cancelled so he decided to take his boys camping anyway, and he invited Jerry and Hayden. They both had such a good time again. This is a good start! We're planning another camp out sometime soon, and who knows, we might just end up buying a porta-potty!