Sunday, July 18, 2010

Darci's first camping trip

We went on our first camping trip of the year this past weekend. And it was Darci's first camping trip ever. I was a little worried how she was going to be cause she has been teething and real fussy, and has NOT been sleeping well. And to my surprise she did GREAT! And she loved it! She didn't want to go to sleep but she never cried the whole time, even when she fell on her face in the bark.
We went to this place called Cascade Park. Its owned by the LDS church and is very family friendly. We camped in the grass, so it was a great place for Darci to run around. And there was a couple little playgrounds and a zip-line and a little river. We went with 4 other couples that also had little kids. It was a lot of fun. Here are some pics and videos.

Sittin' in her little chair by the campfire eating her gold fish crackers.



Merrill finishing off the cobbler (which was sooo yummy, it was our first time using our dutch oven, we made a blackberry/raspberry/boysenberry cobbler, YUM)



Running around, eating snacks, and helping set up the tent.


OK, here is a video that is hilarious. Although if you are Grandma Calder you will not think it is so funny. Watch what happens at the end. Everyone there could not stop laughing. And just so you know before you watch it, she did not get hurt, she didn't cry or anything, she is one tough little girl.....

She loves the slide, Merrill had let her go down by herself before and she just dropped down the end on her bum, but this time her foot caught before she could get to her bum.




There was this little sand area block off right next to the water. I set Darci down in it with the other kids and she had a blast. They dug a hole and got to some water and Darci splashed around and got sand everywhere. It was so fun to watch her. Then Merrill just dunked her in the water to clean her off.

Here is a video of her splashing in the little hole. she got soaked on her front from splashing. And her bum was soaked and cover in sand.



When we were all done in the sand it was around 3 and she had not taken a nap, so we got her all cleaned up and put her in the tent, and she was out..

We had such a fun weekend, and we are going camping again this next weekend (in lodges and campers) for a family reunion and we are excited. Especially now that we know how much Darci likes it all. YAY!!!