Camping

Backpacking

Chris and I went on a mini backpacking trip in Creators of the Moon National Park Wilderness Trail that was about a 4 mile hike each way. We hiked there in the evening and set up camp before it got dark then had a nice easy meal of sandwiches and went to see the Echo Creator that was close. In the morning we cooked oatmeal and packed up camp to head back in and if I hadn't gotten a few blisters from my shoes we would have been able to do the caves. I know now for future hiking trips to get better shoes or boots that won't give me blisters, or tape up my feet as soon as I feel the friction start! We got to see lava trees, tree molds, creators (of course) and some buttes while we hiked through a very lava looking area. Plenty dirty when we got home we were greeted by two girls who kept saying they missed us and giving us hugs.

Camping

We had a full 24ish hours before we got ready for our next camping adventure, this time with Chris's parents and the girls up in the Copenhagen Basin. They know the area really well because they go camping there when they go hunting and there are a lot of trails in the mountains we rode their ranger around. Chris and I had one tent and our smaller 2 person tent for the girls to use which made Claire start calling us neighbors and then grandpa and grandma's trailer was the big house. Then the second night there was another tent from Chris's sisters family that Claire was excited to have a cousin in but never when over to visit. Chris brought his pistols and some targets that we got to shoot and practice with, and Chris took Claire on a mini hike that made him happy about talking to her as they walked. We set up a hammock and they loved swinging on it like a swing and I was a lot better at taking pictures during Chris and I's hiking trip.

Girls

They had some fun wrestling when we were trying to get them to relax in the tent for Shay's nap and ended up wearing each other out to fall asleep. They seem to be playing so hard these days that they nap in the car a lot too which is nice on longer trips when they don't like being in their car seat. We have had the cousins over to play with two times this week and they are good at following the games that are being played and avoiding dinner so that they can get to the toys first. We went to a BBQ with friends and the girls had a blast playing fetch with their dog that I should have gotten a video but we were all talking. They were very excited to go to nursery during church that they wouldn't sit still for sacrament then Shay was tired and fell asleep on me after only being in nursery for half the time.