Camping

This last weekend we went on our first family camp out. Every summer our ward hosts a ward/family camp out. They reserve one of the camping beaches out in the country and everyone comes to set up for the week. Since I am fat and pregnant, and Clark is still having issues sleeping through the night....we decided to just go for the weekend.
We had a lot of fun! We hadn't been camping in 7 years, since we lived in Utah...and it was very different from what we remember. The weirdest thing was we were at a beach, which meant that we were minutes away from a grocery store and any fast food restaurants we wanted. When Jay and I have gone camping in the past, we were always the ones that brought too much stuff...but this time we were the ones roughing it. Hawaiians set up camp in style...giant awnings for shade, 3 or 4 tents, tables, clothes lines, showers, generators, air mattresses, and we even saw one family that had a little chest of drawers. We roasted marshmallows and hot dogs, ate a lot of junk food and enjoyed our evening. Clark did have a hard time sleeping....he wasn't too sure about the whole tent situation. It was rainy and very windy most of the night, so that kept him up....and we were stupid enough to set up under the street light so that did not help either. The next day we enjoyed the beach, Clark loves to swim and play in the water. Jay brought his little boogie board, and Clark was such a natural on it. When we weren't swimming we were just going from tent to tent chasing Clark, he was playing with all the kids and trying to see who would share their food. We had wagon rides for the kids, football games for the guys (Jay even tried to play...it was fun to watch), and a giant potluck dinner Saturday night. It was nice to spend time altogether as a family, and with our friends. We really do have the best ward! I am so glad that we went, although it is still too soon to ask when we are gonna go again....I am going to need some time to recover.