We aren't camping people.

We decided this year we needed to pull out the camping gear (we have everything we need thanks to an awesome camping shower Dale's parents gave us when we got married :).  We've been camping a few times since we've been married...at least once a summer until we had Trey.  Then we went on a 2 year camping hiatus because I'm just not brave enough nor do I adore camping enough to sleep all night in a tent with a baby.

This year I was excited that Trey was old enough to explore the rugged terrain and I knew this kid would LOVE hangin in the dirt.  We hadn't been there for more than 2 minutes when he looked like this:

We decided to camp up Logan Canyon since I have family up that way.  I had looked ahead of time to see if we needed to reserve a camp site, but ALL of the sites for the weekend we wanted were already taken.  So my brother and his wife went up the morning we were camping and found us a site at a camping ground that supposedly didn't take reservations.  Once we got the OK we packed up our stuff and headed to Logan. We got to our camp site and put up the tent, unpacked our stuff, hunted for kindling for the fire, started the fire, and I was just getting started on our tinfoil dinners when a ginormous camping trailer pulled up.  Apparently they had reserved our camp site for the weekend even though there were no signs on our spot AND we thought we were at a campground that didn't take reservations.  The camp site owners said they had been having trouble with people removing the reservation tags.  Nice.  The camper people offered to share the site with us, which was super nice of them.  They felt bad making us move all our stuff, but we found another site just up the road that was vacant, so we packed it all up and moved.  Oh joy.

The rest of the night was great.  Trey loved playing outside and our dinners were absolutely delicious.  It was a beautiful day and we were in good company.  I even asked myself why we didn't do this more often :).  Then we went to bed and I remembered why we didn't do this more often.  I love everything about camping except packing, disgusting bathrooms, and sleeping in a tent on the hard ground.  Our air mattress pump bit the dust, so we were going to borrow my brother's...but he forgot it.  I was laying in bed trying to get comfortable when I heard this awful wheezing sound.  It sounded like a cat, so I called out to my SIL and asked where the cat was.  She busted up laughing and said it was my brother blowing up their air mattress...by mouth :).  What a trooper!  We made it through the night but didn't get much sleep.  I got kicked more times than I can count, and at one point I woke up as Trey was literally rolling over my face.  Wish I had that one on video :).

My Aunt Carol met us up there and had dinner with us.  

She was awesome to entertain the kiddos as we were moving camp :)

 mmm...camping food!

Cousins!  Baby Ryker...Trey talked about him for weeks after this camping trip :)

 Mommy time

 Finding cool rocks and stuff

The next day we pulled out the s'mores stuff, which is one of my absolute favorite things about camping.  I sent Dale to the store before we went camping and he came back with this super deluxe s'mores maker :).

 I was so excited to get a picture of Trey eating his first s'more.  This is all I got:

Hmmm...what is this?

Nope, not gonna happen.

He wouldn't even try it.  

All in all, it was a fun trip.  But on the way home Dale and I both agreed that we aren't really camping people.  We'll do our once a year trip for the kids but we need to find a different summer hobby we really enjoy doing together.  Any suggestions?  

Independence Day

This year we kept the 4th pretty simple (seems to be a common theme around here)...Jamba Juice for breakfast, the traditional homemade ice cream and BBQ salmon, and it wouldn't be the 4th without listening to Dale's Patriotic medley.  Nothing puts me in the spirit of Independence Day like hearing him play that song! 

We went to Riverton park to check out the kid's carnival and games...it was scorching.  We only stayed a few minutes and we were practically melting, so we beat the heat by hiding out in our incredible ice box basement apartment for the rest of the afternoon.  That night we went back to Riverton park and found our firework watching spot and played games and blew bubbles until we were blue in the face.  Then Trey made an awesome friend with an even more awesome toy...a bubble gun.  Who knew such genious toys existed?  Trey was a bubble poppin machine until all of the kids within a 50 yard radius tried to get in on the action.  Where were these kids parents while their children were shovin our toddlers out of the way and gettin up in Dale's face?  Mayhem I tell you.  It was brutal.  Finally the fireworks were about to start and the other parents came and collected their children. 

I thought for sure the fireworks would be a huge hit with Trey this year, but not so much.  He yelled "Whoa!" for the first 10 minutes which completely entertained the older couple next to us, but he was done after that.  He just wanted to socialize with the neighbors and talk about the latest episodes of "Dudu Why" and "Emo" with everyone.

Loved spending the 4th with these handsome fellows! :) 

Trey is 2!

 

Trey's 2 year old fun facts:

His favorite color is...well, I'm not really sure, but he says the words "bwue and gwee" alot :), so I think it would be safe to say blue and green are his favorites.

His favorite foods are definitely cheese, apples, and any treat.  He also loves the word pizza...apparently a lot of foods are "pizza" at our house.  In fact I've learned that if I want him to eat something I just tell him it's pizza.  We may or may not have had "pizza" five times last week :).  He also has to have "2" of everything...2 nanas, 2 pieces of cheese, etc.  One for each hand.

Trey's favorite TV show: Super Why (dudu why) and Sesame Street (Emo)

Favorite toys: Choo choo, cars, and alphabet magnets

Favorite thing to do: Trey LOVES to learn...he loves the alphabet and can say them all in order (even though he does forget J sometimes).  He loves to count to ten...1, 2, 3, 4, 5...10! :)

Dad's favorite thing about Trey this year: You love to "work out" with me!  Whenever I start my workout you get super excited and yell, "wook out!  wook out!"  Then when I get down to do my pushups you lay on my back with a grin on your face.  You love wooking out with me!

Mom's favorite things about Trey this year: I can't believe how much you've grown up! You are still super out-going and love to say hi and make friends wherever we go. You love to be outside. You are not completley happy if we don't venture to the park at least once a day. You have this silly little run you do where you swing one leg in a cirlce as your run...dad calls it your "gimpy leg run" :). You've learned to love taking baths, which we are thrilled about. I love your fun loving personality. You are becoming more of a tease all the time and love to play the "that's the mommy's" game...where anytime I tell you something is mine you laugh hysterically trying to take it away :). Most of all though, I love that I get to be home with you and not miss out on any of this amazingness!

We kept Trey's birthday pretty low key. We just invited his "gragog and gragog" (grandma and grandpa) over for an alphabet themed dinner since Trey loves the ABCs so much right now. Poor Grandma got sick and wasn't able to make it, but Trey loved playing with Grandpa!

 

 

 

 

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K mom, enough pictures :)

 

The aftermath...