Camping

We have been taking advantage of the gorgeous weather and camping as much as possible. We love going with our friends the Wades; we have been twice and are planning another trip this weekend :). The first time we went to Firehole and parked the trailer in the dessert. It was a short trip, but we all had fun hanging around the bonfire at night and riding the 4-wheelers the next morning. Milan struggled because she hates to sleep if she thinks she might be missing something so she sat in an exhausted daze around the campfire for hours until she finally passed out then woke up and screamed every 20 minutes during the night; it was not a restful time for anyone since we were all in the same trailer.

I was surprised when the Wades wanted to go camping again. Our second camping trip was awesome though! We camped near the water which Milan couldn't resist. When we first arrived, Milan was happy playing with and tasting all the rocks around us.


We showed Milan how to throw rocks in the water.
When we were close to the water, Milan wanted to try getting the rocks under the water.


One thing led to another and soon Milan was soaked.


We gave Milan a warm bath and cuddled with her by the fire then she went to sleep and SLEPT ALL NIGHT :)! Meanwhile, Dave focused his efforts on collecting sage brush for the fire (I think this is one of his favorite parts of camping especially since he overlooked the bundles of firewood we had and went looking for his own firewood.)


Milan was awake and ready to go at 5:30 am (definitely an improvement over the last camping trip, but next time we are hoping for an 8:00 wake up.) She was pretty tired, but definitely fighting sleep, so she sat on dad's lap and played with a water bottle and lid for a LONG time.

A family picture by me!

This time, I was prepared for Milan's swimming adventures so I dressed her in her suit, doused her with sunblock and bug spray, and sent her off.

Milan had an awesome time and so did we. We had a great time 4-wheeling and jet-skiing. Can't wait for this weekend! :)