Memorial Day!

We had quite a crazy Memorial Day. This year was probably the most we've ever done on Memorial Day before. Like I said in my last post, we started out Memorial Day weekend by taking Jace to the farm. After we got home from the farm, we went up Middle Canyon, which is right by our house, and went camping. I was hesitant about it at first because I didn't know if anyone else would come, but it turned out being so much fun. We were in a nice secluded area. Me and Lance's family came up on the first night. My family stayed and visited and ate dinner with us and then Lance's family stayed the night.

I was really worried about taking Jace camping. Last year we took him and it didn't go over so well. He cried the whole night. This year, we went in the tent with him and he ended up going to sleep. Well, we got out of the tent to hang out around the fire. When Lance and I decided to go to bed, we climbed back in the tent and Jace woke up and just started screaming! He must have screamed for at least an hour. It was very crazy. He finally managed to go back to sleep.

The next morning, Lance's mom and I got up and went shopping. Yes, we were very dirty, but we went shopping anyways. We always go to the DI, a home decorating store, and a baby store out in Tooele (kind of like a Kid-to-Kid store).

The next night, we decided to go home and sleep since it was just mainly us. It worked out because Lance had to teach a lesson on Sunday and it ended up raining that whole night. It was kind of fun going to a camping spot so close to home, but at the same time, it was kind of weird. I kind of felt like I shouldn't have been able to go home whenever I wanted.

The last night, Lance's siblings stayed at the camping spot with us along with Lance's friend Steven. We weren't able to get a fire going that night because it had rained all day long. We ended up just going into Steven's tent and putting together all of our flashlights and lanterns and playing Apples to Apples. It was a blast. Meanwhile, Jace was in our tent sleeping like a baby. It's like he finally got used to the idea of being there and knew he had to sleep there.

On Monday, Memorial Day, we woke up pretty early and packed up and headed home. We were all so exhausted. When we got home, we showered and then headed to Salt Lake for a picnic at Murray Park. It was nice enjoying a BBQ on Memorial Day. We didn't stay for long because we were all so exhausted and had to work the next day.

****Warning....picture overload*****

Jace and Grandpa Campbell

Jace and Cambree. Cambree came up for dinner.

Sitting by the fire. Look at that dirty face.

Jace has always had to lay back when he drinks his milk. He's never been one to just carry his milk around with him and drink it that way. The only place to lay him was in the camping chair.

Tin foil dinners....Mmmm...so good!

Our first thing in the morning with no sleep picture.

We found this chair at the DI. Jace loves it!

Jace sitting with daddy.

Derek was our entertainment. He brought up his guitar and played so we could sing along.

We brought Schroeder up on our second day. Poor thing got leaves stuck in his fur everywhere!

Me and Lance at the picnic. Lance wasn't happy that I wanted a picture, so I just made a grumpy face with him.

Jace and Derek hanging out on the blanket at Murray Park. We were all so tired!