A really busy weekend!

We had such and fun and busy weekend, so this is going to be a longish post. I will try to keep it brief, but you can just look at the pictures if you want! On Thursday we had some of James's friends over for a pool party. It was a little cool out so James is really the only one who played in the pool, but they had a lot of fun.

On Friday we went camping. We wanted to go to Warm River, but it was full by the time we got there so we went to Lower Mesa Falls instead. It was a nice little campground (only 9 campsites) which I really liked because it was quiet. I forgot how much I enjoy being in the mountains/forest areas. It is very calming and peaceful. We set up camp. James liked helping set up the tent.

Michael was very content in is pack and play. He was amazing the entire time. I am ready to move outside permanently with how good he is.

James found this trail by our campsite. He loved to walk down it and stop at the "chicken log" then walk back. It is called the chicken log because he wouldn't step over it so Doug called him a chicken. So then whenever we got to the log James said "chicken" then turned around and walked back.

We had very yummy tin foil dinners for dinner. James didn't want his so we all shared it.

Once it got dark we put James in the tent and sat around the fire with our fire sticks. It was funny because every once in a while we would hear James repeat what we said. About 11:00 we gave up on James going to sleep and decided to go in the tent with him. He kept climbing in the pack and play and playing all over the tent until about 12 or 1 I put him in my sleeping bag with me and held him there until he fell asleep. Michael on the other hand slept from 11 to 5:30. That is the longest he has slept in his entire life! I would have got a good nights rest if it wasn't for James constantly kicking me or hitting me.

When Michael woke up to eat at 5:30 James also woke up, so we were all pretty much awake then. James took us to see the waterfall. We had a very good view of it, but couldn't get down to it. He loved throwing rocks and wood down the hill with Dad.

I tried to get a picture of his dirty camping face. It was pretty dirty, but he was so grumpy that it was impossible to get him to cooperate.

After breakfast and cleaning up camp we decided to go to the Upper Falls. James had a snack and stuck the entire thing in his mouth at once, it was pretty funny.

I thought it was really cool to see the falls, James really just like climbing the stairs.

Michael was really good the entire time. Here is one of the rare moments that he was actually awake.

When we got home everyone had a bath and got cleaned up, we all wanted a nap but the boys didn't really cooperate. Michael was wide awake after all the sleep he got camping.

Saturday night there was a demolition derby in Rexburg so we went. James liked the Nemo car, but got pretty scared when they were actually going because it was so loud. He mostly just liked walking around.

He was really worn out after all the activities and fell asleep during dinner on Sunday!

And today my new stroller came! I am really excited about this because hopefully it will be easier to take both kids places. I didn't want a double stroller because they are so big and most of the time James prefers to walk. So I thought this was perfect because it is smaller, but there is a place for James to sit or stand on the back.