Too many pictures of our campout at Silver Lake flat

This was our first time camping with both kids, and it certainly won't be our last. We were trying to decide if we wanted to invite friends on our trip, but eventually decided to test the camping waters before ruining our friends weekend. ha. 

Next time though. 

while we were unloading the car, I walked back to the tent and overheard Stori saying her own little prayer, "Thankful that we have a tent that we all just love so much, and thank thee that we have these hot dogs and these fires and these beautiful mountains." it went on for a while. She's a cutie 

Gathering some firewood

 They loved munching on food while sitting by the fire. I thought we would have a hard time getting them to bed because it stays light for so long, but after about an hour of fire watching, stori asked to go to bed and was out within minutes. Sylvie took a little longer, but still pretty good. They got pretty worn out from playing gymnastics in the tent, running along the water, and having water gun fights. so they snoozed pretty good. Dan and I got to stay up late by the fire--it was so fun.

Stori attempted the solo shoulder ride. It lasted .04 seconds. Good think I caught june bug.

WE SURVIVED THE NIGHT!

 You THINK that the girls get their craziness from me, but this here is exhibit A of them getting it from their father

 We planned to hike the 5 mile hike to the upper silver lake in the morning, but it started to rain pretty hard, so we just headed home and did laundry. The brown-colored bath after the kids was a sure sign of the fun we had!

Next time we are going to try the Payson Canyon with friends. I'm sure i'll have too many pictures from that too.
aaaand. I need to note that we saw a moose on our way home! First time seeing a moose in the Provo Canyon! It made my day!