Huntsville Campout

For the past 25-30 years, the wards in our area have organized a campout in Huntsville, Texas at the state park. This is about two hours north of us. This year, there were about 200 people there, which is great! It is always over Easter weekend as the schools and most jobs have Good Friday off.

We have wimped out the last few years as I couldn't imagine taking Ashton away from her crib for two nights. This year, I decided Ashton would do great but Tanner wouldn't. He didn't really sleep consistently through the night until about six weeks ago and even then, he still wakes up every so often. Unfortunately the only way to get him back to sleep is holding him for a few minutes and letting him cry for a little bit. I didn't want this to happen in a tent surrounded by dozens of families with other small kids. I could just imagine a domino effect of Tanner waking up the entire state park!

So we made the decision to test the waters this year by me taking Ashton and Joseph staying home with Tanner. It worked out well as Joe could get a lot of house projects done with us gone. Tanner is a pretty chill kid around the house.

Ashton couldn't wait to go camping! She was most excited about fishing. Overall, it was a fun few days with her. She slept great in our tent and I was pleased about that. We went swimming in the lake, biking, hiking, paddle-boating, canoeing, fishing, and played with all our friends.

So glad we brought the bike trailer. It made it much easier to carry our stuff everywhere.

Swimming in the cold lake. She made it to the raft/dock but didn't want to jump off.

So happy in our tent.

We got an Anna and Elsa fishing pole. It came with a purple plastic fish to use as pretend bait. Ashton thought she caught a purple fish every time. Maybe next time, we'll buy bait to use.

The scouts put up a rope bridge every year as well. Ashton loved it but made sure to wear her helmet to protect her head. This girl loves her helmet.

Naptime!

Always up for a game of Alphabet Go Fish

They do an Easter Egg hunt as well on Saturday.

Next year, we hope the whole family can go. Joe has a turnaround scheduled in the springtime so we'll have to wait and see on that.