A couple weekends ago, we went camping somewhere around Payson with Clark and Lindsay. We were nervous about taking the boys, but we knew that they would love it so we thought we would give it a try. Setting up camp, sitting around the fire, eating smores, and chatting with Clark and Lindsay was a lot of fun and we wish that we would have just packed up and went home after that!
The attempt to "sleep" in the tent was horrific! We thought that it was going to be around 40 degrees, so we brought warm clothes and extra blankets, but we did not plan for 20 degree weather...we were freezing (remember, we are used to a very HOT AZ climate)!!! My toes were numb, even in my mummy bag with it zipped over my head...I could find no comfort! So if I felt like that, it is no wonder that little Daners would wake up about every hour crying. We bundled him up really good, but he was only comfortable laying on top of Ben with a blanket over their heads. Logan probably would have slept fine if Dane hadn't kept waking up and releasing his "Banshee" cry out into the wild...neighboring campers must have thought that there was a mountain lion lurking around or something.
I honestly, did not sleep 1 minute the entire night considering Logan was in my sleeping bag with me and constantly elbowing me in the face and changing positions. Ben slept for about a total of 20 minutes, which he snored like an old man the entire time. Poor Clark and Lindsay didn't get much sleep either due to their close proximity to our tent...sorry guys.
We called it a night at about 4 am and got up, made a fire, and started breakfast. It was just too cold to hang around much longer and the lack of sleep was starting to get the best of us, so we were packed up and on the road by 7 am. Next time, Lindsay and I agreed that we will just do the fire and all of the fun stuff then go home and sleep in our own beds...that is my kind of camping at least for now while our kids are little.
We still had a good time and made a lot of fun memories. Thanks Clark and Lindsay for the little adventure:)
