Camping!

This weekend we went camping for the first time in over a year.  I had wanted to go much more often but during the spring, Brandon was too busy and in the summer when he actually had time, it was WAY too hot. We had a lot of fun but because of the drought, we weren't allowed to build a fire, which meant no s'mores.  We also forgot to take a flash light (or any kind of light) and got to the park around dusk so there wasn't much to do with Violet before bedtime.  That didn't keep her from being very entertained, though. We put her to bed in the tent at about 8:45 but heard her jumping around and talking until about 10 pm.  It was quite a night in the tent.  Brandon, Violet, and pregnant Lindsey all shared a full-size air mattress.  Since I have so much extra weight now I normally sleep with 2 pillows but I forgot them all at home.  At 4 AM I took a trip to the bathroom, which woke Violet up.  When we tried to go back to sleep, she sang "Jesus wants me for a sun beam" in our tent for awhile.  The next morning was better, and we got to have some fun at the park.

Violet learned how to swing from a vine,

 

we went down to see the river,

and we went on a nice walk... before we all got hot, sore, and tired and called it quits for the day.