Dude's company goes on a camping trip every year at a different site, and this weekend was it! We bought ourselves a new big tent (we had a 2 man... dont know what i was thinking when i bought THAT) and a pack and play (portable crib, basically... for those who dont know) and braved the unknown with a 7 month child in the wild outdoors. After a really long story (I actually started to type it out, but it was taking too long. If you want the whole story, youre gonna have to call :) ) we made it, and were able to enjoy the evening sitting around the fire, cooking hotdogs and marshmallows over the flames, and singing campfire songs. All of Dude's coworkers were very friendly, and Scott was the hit of the weekend! The other kids were all over the age of 4, so it was amazing to most that we brought such a little dude on this outing... i was nervous, I was scared I was prepared to be very tired the next day!!! BUT... he dozed off around the fire, woke once after we put him in bed, and then slept ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT!!! It got down to 40 degrees, but we had him all bundled up and covered in blankets, and he stayed nice and cozy!
When we woke up in the morning Dudes truck had a flat tire!!! After trying to get it off and trading for a spare (the lug nuts were on TOO tight) we just pumped it up again and took off... hoping for the best. Well, we made it all the way home safely... and just in time for Dude to make it to the Priesthood session of General Conference. My cousin Jen and her friend Lauren were in town and came to spend the evening with us. It was awesome to see Jen, and I was excited to show her my house and my huge son. We had a good time and went shopping and to dinner before they had to head back across town to Lauren's parents house... so, thanks Lauren, for haulin Jen across town to see us, and for spending a night of your vacation with my family!
Today, we stayed home as a family and watched General Conference on tv. That was our second "pitching of tents"... Dude and I spoke about General Conference reminding us of the members in the Book of Mormon who pitched their tents to face the temple and gathered to hear King Benjamin speak the words of the Lord. We heard truth spoken, and we soaked up every minute of it!! One of the two best weekends of the year if you ask us! We are waiting and looking for a way to get Saturday's sessions as fast as possible, since we were still on the campout!
But heres the kicker of the whole thing.... we arrived at our campsite, and I pulled out the camera to capture the moments of Scotts first camping trip... and the camera was dead. I know, I know... Im dead meat! But let me just assure you that he was and is the cutest little thing ever! He played in the dirt, he was enthralled by the fire, and he watched everyone and everything with such intensity it was hard to get him to smile, he was so concentrated and involved.
So here's a picture of Scott and his camping buddy (who also seemed to be a hit... all the men telling their wives "we need a good dog like that")... we had a great weekend, Scott loved his first camping trip, and we got to watch Conference. Couldnt get much better than that (except the flat tire, we could have done without that... and now I have something to deal with tomorrow. woohoo....)
Dude doesnt like to play the game "Guitar Hero" because he says he could just spend the same time playing the real guitar and then he'd actually get better! So, for now, he'll just be Scott's personal guitar hero!
