Cabin trip 2008

This past week we went up to my families cabin with Dan's family. We pitched tents behind the cabin for those who really wanted to rough it. I was planning on sleeping in the cabin with my little family (I'm not much of a camper) but Lindsay and Zane really wanted to sleep outside. I want them to like camping and to have the experience of sleeping in a tent. So we decided to use our 10-12 man tent that we've never used and sleep outside the first night. Lindsay and Zane slept great. Gavin, on the other hand, is not used to having so much space so he rolled around our ginormous tent. One time he'd rolled by the tent door, curled in a ball, shivering. We had to put him back in his sleeping bag 3 times. So we slept in the nice, cozy cabin the second night. We got a lot more sleep.

On Thursday, our first day, we drove up Big Cottonwood Canyon (just for something to do) and hiked up to Donut Falls. We didn't go all the of the way because of the kids, but it was fun to put our feet in the freezing cold water. Chris. Char, Mike, Brie , Trevor and Josh did hike further though. Gavin spent about 15 minutes just throwing rocks in the water. Then he discovered he had zippers on the sides of his pants that unzipped to pockets. He began filling his pockets with tiny rocks for a good 10 minutes. When we got back to the cabin, Dan cleaned out about 20 rocks. At least it kept Gavin busy.

On Friday, we drove up East Canyon a little ways to a Reservoir for swimming. We brought 2 air mattresses and used them as rafts to just float around on. It was very relaxing. Again, Gavin spent the majority of the time just throwing rocks into the water. He was in heaven, since that is what he likes to do ~ throw things.

We packed up on Saturday and came home. It amazes me how filthy the kids clothes get. Gavin enjoyed sliding down the dirt hill again and again. Lindsay loved hanging out with Brie. Chris and Char brought their dogs, and my kids are afraid of animals. We're working on it, but they really wanted to be brave and go feed the dogs and pet them. They were pretty brave and Zane would ask after every meal, "Can I go outside with Chris and see the dogs?" I'm glad he's getting braver. The guys also brought up their air soft guns and shot at tin cans. I tried and do not aim very good. Oh well. Anyways, we had a lot of fun. 3 days was just about the right amount of camping for me. When Dan and I first got married we made a deal: we would alternate years going camping and going to Disneyland. Well we pretty much have gone camping every year and to Disneyland every year, so I think the deal is broken. Sorry honey!

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