Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Hurray for camping season

This year, we spent Easter weekend camping in the San Rafael Swell with the Hanson family and some other friends.  It felt so great to get away from the city and all the remodeling craziness going on at our house and just breathe in some fresh air, spend quality time with Butchface, and soak up some dessert sunshine.  I love a good campout.

And the whole being 7 months pregnant thing (31 weeks is about 7 months, right? Pregnancy math is a mystery to me) actually ended up working in my favor on this trip, since sleeping in our little tent was still as comfortable as ever and I felt great, but everyone on the trip treated me like a queen incapable of helping with camping-related chores. Plus Mike even let me sit in the “nice” camp chair— you know, the one that I have been banned from for years after I said I was fine with the ghetto five-dollar chair I had and why in the world would you spend 30 bucks on a nicer one? I now see the light, Butch. 


Working on the cars before heading out four-wheeling. Butch's face is classic:

The Hansons are known for their fine camping cuisine. This is a typical breakfast of Troy's famous mountain man breakfast scramble and fruit. The morning before this we had scones, eggs, and bacon. Let's just say I was happy to be eating for two.
Esmerelda (Mike's jeep) finally got to be out in her element:

Hansol's land cruiser:
Taylor's jeep:

First campfire of the season. Not pictured: first s'mores and roasted starburst of the season. My favorite. 
The girls:
Our trusty go-cart:
Esmerelda resting up after her four-wheeling adventure:
Thanks for letting us tag along on your trip, Hansons. It was good times as always.

4 comments:

Ty and Meg said...

So fun! This looks awesome and you don't even look pregnant. I am so excited for your bebe to get here! I never understood pregnancy timing either. The answer to when I was due was usually "Not soon enough!" haha

Doug and Leslie said...

Oh eating for two. A blessing and a curse :)
Hope you are feeling okay! How far along are you now? Blog about that next time - ha ha

Michael and Morgan said...

That was such a fun trip! I can't wait for the little nugget to be big enough to be able to come.

John and Maren Williams said...

haha I felt the same way about the pregnancy calendar. Looks like you had a blast and that food looked amamazing.