Birthday Campout - Aug. 14 - 16, 2009

We wanted to go camping one last time before school started. We went to Wasatch State Park in Midway, which has been a family favorite as we were growing up. This time we got David to come along and bring his trailer too. It was fun to have him there he always keeps us laughing. On Friday night we drove up to Park City for a little shopping. We ended up buying some warm clothes, because I didn't realize that it was suppose to be cold and I hadn't packed for the weather. We also got some new school clothes. Nathan, Scott and I have birthdays that are four days apart. My family gets together for a birthday dinner each month to celebrated those birthdays that occurred during the month, so we invited Mark and Scott's family up on Saturday to have a dutch oven lunch together.

That morning we woke up to rain and a big loud hail storm. We almost called and canceled our lunch but we decided to make the best of it. We put up some tarps over the tables and try to cook our dutch oven in the rain. We made a poncho for Jacob out of a garbage bag. There was no hood on it though, so we made a hood out of press and seal wrap. We just pressed it onto his head and it sealed the rain out! It worked really well and he wore it for quite a long time. It quit raining just in time for lunch and we managed to cook an awesome meal. We also went to the pond and went fishing with all of the family. It was really fun. The next day Mark and I went fly fishing on the Provo river. I didn't catch anything, but I did have a great time! It was such a fun birthday weekend!