Camping

The first weekend in June, we went camping with two of PC's brothers and their families, along with Nana and Johnny, up in the mountains at the Golden Gate Canyon State Park.  Boy was it cold!!  It was a beautiful drive up there.  One of PC's brothers was already there and setting up camp by the time we got there.  I saw his wife and kids all bundled up and thought, "Is it really that cold out there?"  Yes, yes it was.  It was so windy, probably up to 50 mph winds, and they were cold winds!  When PC's other brother and his family arrived, however, most of them were in shorts and t-shirts.  And they didn't have jackets.  Luckily, I had made all of us pack 2 hoodies/jackets, so we could share with them.  I had wanted them to have 2 in case it was cold and they needed to double them up.  It was cold and they sure could have used both, but their cousins would have been frozen.  So we used blankets to huddle in and tried to stay warm around the campfire.  We worried about Baby Girl staying warm, of course, but I'm sure she was the warmest.  She had a full body coat we had received at the baby shower, and it was put to good use that weekend.  She slept with me at night inside my sleeping bag and was my heater!  The kids stayed in the vehicles to play and in the tents.  The wind was just too cold. We did go on a short hike.  On that side of the mountain, the trees blocked the wind a lot more, so it was warmer.  The aspens were all blooming then, and they were so pretty. 

The whole crew

hiking

We did hot dogs and all the sides for dinner, with s'mores for dessert.  Nana did a nice devotional for us around the fire.  She talked about Amalakiah in the book of Alma and how Satan uses the same tactics on us.  He promises one thing and gets us to move just a little bit in our conviction, and then a little more until we meet our downfall. 

Yes, Minnie fell asleep in that chair!

In the morning, we made pancakes, scrambled eggs, hot chocolate, and sausage. We also had strawberries and juice.  It was all so yummy.  I love camping!  Before we left, we stopped over by the panoramic overview.  It was really pretty and we got some good pictures.