Our First Camping Trip

It's seems as though lately everyone and their mom is going camping. We have been wanting to go for awhile and finally had the perfect opportunity to go! We had such a blast, the weather was perfect and we were in great company and got to meet lots of people from our HUGE ward. Brad was lucky enough to get off work early so we packed up the car and headed to the campsite. 

Once we got there we set up our tent and then went on a hunt to get wood for a campfire. 

Our Cute Tent! :)

  While on our firewood hunt we went down by the creek too which was absolutely beautiful! It always amazes me to see how different the outdoors is on the West and East coasts. The west coast definitely has a lot more rocks! I always feel as if someone stuck me in Jurassic Park. 

Down by the River! :)

On our way back from our wood hunt we saw this cute swing made out of a barrel. We had to stop and play, how often do you see that kind of swing? 

Us on the barrel swing! :)

After a few minutes of swinging our bellies were telling us it was dinner time. So Brad got the fire started and we cooked our foil dinners, that I had put together that afternoon. Everyone was so impressed that we actually cooked our dinner there and kept telling us how delicious or foil dinners smelled and looked. We also had a couple of people who were glad that we brought stuff to start fires with because they had totally forgotten their supplies, and without us they would have been freezing!

Getting the fire started and foil dinners! :)

After we ate dinner the whole ward got together for a devotional by the fire, followed by a dessert social. There were so many desserts but Brad and I split a brownie and went back to our campsite to have s'mores, because you can't go camping and not have a s'more. We each and one and then climbed into the tent and went to bed. The next morning the men put on a pancake breakfast. So we ate breakfast and then packed up the car and headed home. We had such a wonderful time getting out of the apartment and getting to know people in our new ward! We are hoping to get in some more camping trips before it gets too cold! I'm looking forward to fall though, already putting together our fall bucket list! If you have any suggestions, leave a comment below! We would love to hear them! :)