Sunday, May 24, 2009

Rehearsals for Summer

In case there was any doubt, we have now officially cemented our parenthood by buying a kiddie pool. The bathing beauty wasn't entirely sure what to make of it at first but eventually allowed herself to scoot in the water.



Fun at Liberty Park (video)



To prepare for our camping trip to Flaming Gorge with brother George for the Fourth of July, we headed to Diamond Fork Canyon. You may remember that this was the same canyon we hiked in March 2007, slipping and sliding our way up an icy trail to a hot spring. This time, our "dry run" was far from dry, continuing the theme of rainy Memorial Day weekends (see last year's post). A few oversights added to the experience: no poles for the tent, a missing connector for the camp stove, and a stubbornly uninflatable air mattress. We still managed to have (soggy) fun, though. A mercifully close K-mart provided a new tent, and you'd be amazed what you can do with charcoal! Carmen slept like a champ, but mom and dad had a hard time on the ground.

view from our campsite

¡Viva K-mart!

Dutch oven cookin'

Miss C tries watermelon for the first time.

the verdict: tasty!

another happy wave goodbye as she crawls away

a few steps on the steps (video)

2 comments:

Kirsten said...

Could Carmen get any cuter? I think not! We want in on the next camp trip. :)

Anonymous said...

hurrah for camping! glad you guys had fun despite the rain (we promise we didn't send any even tho we had same w/you last year!! still had fun though). You inspired us, we went camping too! we all had a blast, we should arrange a camping trip together! much love, A, A and Q