Family Campout

On August 22-23 we had a little family campout up near Bear Canyon Lake. Since David didn't have to work on Friday we left late Friday morning, stopped for lunch in Payson and arrived at our campsite early in the afternoon. We were able to get our tent, etc. all set up, go on a hike and generally relax and enjoy the cool weather. It was so pretty up there, especially since they've had so much rain lately and it was so green! Here are a few pictures:

Josh and Mom smiling for the camera.

Josh and his best buddy...Dad.

Josh had a ball walking around through the dirt, sitting and playing in the dirt, hitting sticks on the fallen logs, etc. He was mad when we got the fire started and he couldn't play with it, though.

David was hard at work keeping the fire going and keeping us all well fed. I'm so glad he likes to use his dutch ovens so much!

Don't think it was all fun and games for Josh, though. We put him straight to work chopping wood...

...and making sure the water was dispensed properly.

The next morning we drove around and found some big mud puddles to drive through and get our truck thoroughly dirty (and we still haven't washed it yet...yikes). I have to admit it was a little exhausting chasing Josh around, making sure he didn't eat any of the mushrooms we found on the ground, keeping him out of the fire and trying to keep him happy, but all in all we had a great time. Thanks David for the great time!