Camping

We continue to spend a lot of time at our campsite near Dayton.  The kids (especially Dallin) ask to go there every other day, which hopefully we will do during the summer.  After a lot of de-winterizing work in April, we can actually enjoy ourselves there without having too much work to do.  Our favorite pastime is driving our golf carts through the woods (thus, the really dirty cart).  We have a lot of fun adventures looking for wildlife and have already seen baby foxes, a wild turkey, deer, and a raccoon in the woods.  We have also taken a hobby in catching snakes this year and have already caught three!

The three youngest love the creek behind our camper.  They spend hours here moving rocks around to create bridges and looking for creatures.

Dallin was washing his hands in the creek, but I wasn't sure he was actually cleaning them since the water was so shallow there.  But...

He showed me that they were clean when he was finished :)

Telling ghost stories around the fire while eating smores after dark is another one of our favorite camping activities.  Dallin is easily frightened though of the stories as you can see by his serious face here.

I love how the face on the tree shows up behind Ashleigh in this picture.  Dallin was scared of a story Owen was telling or mad at Ashleigh for taking his flashlight here.  It's hard to say with him since he is a very vocal boy and doesn't let anyone get away with anything!