Camping!

One thing on our list of "things to do this summer" was to go camping. So finally, the last weekend in August we did it!! Our friends Ben and Kara came with us with their little boys. It was awesome! We had planned to go for one night, but as we were packing up our car and realizing how much work it was to go on this little adventure, we decided to go for two nights! We were so glad that we did! We weren't really roughing it and we didn't go too far. We went to a KOA camp in Provo. It was great for our first family campout. There was a swimming pool, playground, skatepark, and we weren't far from the store, which was good, because we forgot a few things! The first day, we went swimming, had dutch oven dinner/dessert, roasted marshamellows, fished in the river, and had fun talking around the campfire. In the morning, we had pancakes, eggs, bacon, hashbrowns... the works! It was awesome! That day we went up American Fork Canyon. We went to a little lake where the boys were able to go out in a canoe and do some fishing. Isaac had fun playing on the beach, which was not sand, but MUD. He was covered, but SO happy! Bjorn loved the canoe. He had his little fishing pole and Jason said he never stopped casting. They caught a fish and couldn't have been happier! Another highlight was taking the boys to the skatepark. Most of you know that Bjorn LOVES his bike and LOVES to do tricks! He is fearless, which is a little fearful for ME! I didn't know what Bjorn would do at the skatepark. I thought he would just go down in and ride around in the bowl, or whatever it's called. But he took off down one side and rode across, up the other side! He kept going and going and did not want to leave. He had a few falls, but nothing serious. He's on his way to being quite the trickster on his bike! We had such a great weekend! We especially loved having Jason with us for the whole weekend... NO WORK. That doesn't happen very often so it was nice. We are so glad we went and made some fun memories!

Jason working on our dutch oven dinner

Isaac at the playground

The boys out in the canoe

Bjorn at the playground

Bjorn taking a break at the skatepark,

thinking about the next trick he can do.

Such a boy!

Isaac insisted on carrying that skateboard.

He wants to be just like his brother!

Bjorn's first fish

This is just the back side of Isaac.

The front was even better!

Bjorn and Kaden with their fishing poles

Bjorn and Isaac around the campfire