THE CAMPOUT WAS...

...A SUCCESS!!! Elli did pretty well on the campout last weekend. We went with our university ward and it was a lot of fun. I was really worried that Elli would cry a lot and want to be held all night but she slept from about 9pm until 3:30am. She just fussed for a little bit and Steve rocked her back to sleep. She slept again until 5:30, I fed her and then we all got up at 6:30. We couldn't stand the freezing cold temp anymore. There was ice on all the cars in the morning. Elli was bundled and was warm all night in her pack 'n play but Steve and I FROZE!! We didn't have sleeping bags, just an air matress and blankets. Woah, it was a long night for us. But, considering how well Elli did, we'd go again.

Here's the night we got there and Elli finally fell asleep in my arms.

Here's Elli and Steve the next morning after we got up. It was still pretty chilly.

Later we went out by the river to go fishing. It was too late in the day to catch anything (according to Steve) but we had fun trying.

I kept trying to follow Steve's instructions but all I caught was a stick!! (At least it's a pretty big one.....something to be proud of. Okay, it's a big twig. Whatever. Fishing's just not my thing.)

Okay, I had no idea there were mountains this pretty in southern Idaho. Saturday was such a beautiful day. You guys want to plan a camping trip?

Anyway, that's it. On the way home, we had to stop and get square ice cream. (it's just this famous place closeby that scoops out the ice cream in a cube shape. Go figure. Not that amazing but it's pretty popular.) Steve used to go there all the time as a kid so he was pretty excited!! Cute!

Love you guys........come up everyone and lets go camping!

Ashley