Memorial Day Camping!

A few families from church enjoy going camping every Memorial Day weekend, so we joined them this year. We were a little skeptical. The last time we went camping over Memorial Day was a nightmare, which we now look back on with much love and laughter. We were so excited to go to a beautiful town here in Colorado called Estes Park. Unfortunately, it snowed on us - snowflakes the size of quarters. We sat in our truck at the campsite, debating on whether we should stay or not. We decided to stay, so we set up our two-man tent as quickly as possible and got in, only to realize that once we were both in we couldn't move...two-man tents are tiny! So, we decided to just go to sleep, at seven o'clock in the evening. We unfortunately forgot our pillows, so we rolled up some clothes instead, which turned into bricks in a matter of minutes. We froze all night, and at about five in the morning we called it quits. We packed up (now the snow had turned to rain...still freezing outside though), threw everything in the truck, drove back to Colorado Springs and crawled into our warm bed where we slept, and slept, and slept.

So, that was three years ago and we were still a little nervous - and for good reason. This trip wasn't much better. There was no snow mind you, but there was wind. Colorado can be very windy, and this weekend was no exception. We had planned on staying two nights (while everyone else was staying three), but after Friday night's lack of sleep, a waking and crying baby due to wetting through her diaper and onto her pajamas, a windy afternoon that left Shelby with her nose constantly running, tears running down her face, and a dazed and confused look on her face we decided to head home. Shelby was such a trooper, but we couldn't allow her to endure the camping experience any longer!! There was a swing that I put her in, and she just leaned back, closed her sweet eyes and sung herself into oblivion. She was so out of it, but she held in there! So, when Justin came back from his white water rafting trip with the guys and saw our sweet baby so dumbfounded we both looked at each other and knew we had to go home. We were there about 24 hours and had to call it quits. It was a trip we won't forget!

Here's Shelby's eating set-up.



Still loving the Baby Bjorn, even though she's getting heavy for it.

There was a pool! It was "heated", but still pretty cold. We were so excited to take Shelby swimming and ended up just putting her feet in the water. We were pretty disappointed.





Here's Shelby napping! She napped pretty well, but the day after we got home she was so worn out that she took a four-hour nap.