[Image]  It's gotten hot here, so yesterday Desert Boy talked us into going camping up high in the mountains. We packed in the afternoon and managed to pull away close to 6 p.m. (Yep, one-day weekends for my husband make camping a little (or maybe a lot) trickier.) I could have left earlier, but after having to do all the packing and setting up the last couple of times, I decided this time we would wait and let him have some of that fun.

We brought coats, which was a good thing, as it was chilly. Hurray!

[Image]  Desert Boy was delighted. Before long it was dark. My husband was tired so he went to bed and I took the kids for an adventure walk in the woods with flashlights. The nearly full moon added a lot of extra light, and we had a fun time winding our way in and out of the trees.

[Image]  The next morning I awoke early and took our dog for a leash and then went back to sleep. We all slept in, which was really nice.

[Image]  Then it was breakfast time. My husband cooked, so that was great!

Next we decided to pack up camp and go for a hike before descending down to the heat.

[Image]  Desert Boy was eager to get ahead and started off being a train (wearing an appropriately-themed shirt).

[Image]  Desert Girl did quite a bit of hiking. We're trying to toughen her up (so we don't have to carry her so much), and she walked about 1.5 miles on this trip.

[Image]  The kids were delighted to have Daddy on the trip.

[Image] They were even more delighted to find some snow and have a snowball fight!

There are more photos, but I'm worn out, so they will have to wait for another day!
Hope you've had a good weekend.