Father/Son Campout

(This is Dave blogging..) A few weeks back Davey and I went on our first camping trip. It was our ward's Father and Son outing. I had never been on an overnight camping trip with Davey and thought this would be a good oppurtunity to expose him to the joys of the outdoors. Other than Davey "pushing" his Dad into the stream the trip was uneventful and he seemed to enjoy himself.

Two of his favorite things to do were play with the beanbags and horshoes. He probably spent a couple of hours doing both.

Davey enjoyed his smores, although I think ended up wearing more of them than he actually ate. We ate a lot of "junk food" that his mom won't let him eat. After all, isn't that part of camping?

Here is Davey at the "boys" fire. There was a group of boys he was following around the whole evening. I talked to Davey about not going close to the stream and was pretty proud of him when I overheard him telling the rest of the boys that they shouldn't go close to it either. I didn't think he ever listened to me, but I guess he does :) He was a good boy throughout the whole trip and didn't cause any problems, he listened well and behaved himself.

At first we thought we would sleep in a tent but thought the nights had been a little to cold lately, so we decided the back of the Armada would be big enough for both of us and might keep us a little warmer. It was still a pretty cold night, Davey ended up with 2 blankets and a sleeping bag on him to keep warm... Maybe next time we might be more adventurous and try a tent (or a camper if Mom and Charlie come).