Rett's first camping trip!

Since Brian had Friday and Monday off we figured this would be a good weekend to try out camping with Everett. We went down to "the rim" a little past Heber but before Payson. We were at a tiny campsite near Willow Springs Lake and it was so FUN! Here's how it started... Everett fell asleep the second we got in the car and slept the whole way. (And I slept a little too) Bless Brian's heart for driving.

When we got there Rett was a little tired and out of it while we unpacked...

And then we got the tent up. Then he realized how much fun this camping thing was going to be. :)

And he got his crazy eyes! :) We put down our blessed camping blanket next to our bed so he had a place to crawl around. He kept falling off the air mattress and face planting but he was enjoying himself.

We had to get some more things set up so Everett sat in his umbrella stroller...somewhat patiently.

This is what our campsite looked like:

And of course our trash bag hanging from a tree. :)

After we got camp all set up we decided to go exploring and take a little hike. We went to the little visitors center, walked a little trail, and saw the lake. (Sorry, no pics. We took our other camera and it died.) But when we went to the lake Everett and I put our feet in (since mine were swollen like sausages) and his were hot. We were playing in the water when we found this little beauty! I know...a rock. I just love how red it is! It looked even brighter through the water. Oh the beauties of this earth!

Then we came back so Rett could nap. He took forever to go down with all the excitement going on so he sat on dads lap holding a stick for a while. 

Then I caught this perfect picture of them both blinking at the same time. :) 

Then he got hurt feelings...

Then he got mad and threatened me with his stick. 

Eventually he went down for his nap. Brian read a book and I played Harry Potter Lego on the Touch...I know...we are roughing it. :) By the time Everett got up it got a little cooler  and the bugs started coming out (although still perfect weather) so we changed Rett into his "camping" shirt and fed him some dinner!

Then Brian went for a walk and (didn't tell me where he was going) Rett and I hung out. After a while I thought a bear got him! But Everett and I still had fun. :) Here are some pics from his photo shoot!

This one is my favorite...

Then Brian came back and I wasn't scared anymore :) Then we decided to make a fire and cook our dinner! Everett was sort of upset he was stuck in his stroller again. :) He kept trying to reach the fire. 

Brian and I had some good laughs over dinner. First of all we were laughing at this GIANT roaster stick Brian forged for us. We didn't realize how big it was until the hot dogs almost didn't fit over the poker part. :) We also cooked tin foil dinners with carrots, potatoes and hamburger. They were so good!

The funny story behind this was that I kept packing things (before we left) that I thought we might need and (some unnecessary things that I thought could possibly come in handy). When we were getting ready to cook Brian noticed I brought a wooden spoon and said, "What's that for?" I said, "You know, in case we wanted to stir our tin foil dinners in the fire!" And he said, "With a wooden spoon?" We both just started laughing and I said, "Yeah...I didn't really think that one through did I?" :) Good times. Although in my defense we did use the spoon to stir stuff and it was a good toy for Everett. :)

Everett eating my dinner. :) He loved the carrots.

Then the fire died down and Rett was ready for bed. The night was the most adventurous thing we did. Here's what happened. We decided to sleep on a blow up mattress with two regular sleeping bag stacked together so we could all sleep in the same bed and stay warm. Rett slept in his fuzzy footy pajamas, I slept in pajamas and Brian did not. We also didn't actually zip the two bags together because we thought we would get too hot. Turns out it got FREEZING! Everett slept great and was nice a toasty. The only time he woke up is when we would change positions. Brian and I kept waking up in the night and just talking about how freezing we were. We were smart enough not to bring any extra blankets or anything. Let's just say it was a LONG night. Not to mention the fact that I am 22 weeks pregnant. Camping + pregnancy equals not comfortable. The air mattress must of had a leak because by the morning it was completely deflated and we were sleeping on the cold wet ground. Also, I thought my bladder was going to burst. I normally go 2 or 3 times in the night. I couldn't make myself get up and go pee in the dark. I know...I am a wuss. In my defense though the porta-pottys were a good walk away and I would have just peed in the woods but we had neighbors a few yards away. Good times. :) Here is what Rett looked like in the morning.

Comfy right? Anyway. We ate breakfast and packed up. Over all it was so much fun and we would totally do it again. :)...with a different mattress and more blankets. :)