Camping!

  We kind of decided last minute to try and go camping up by Mirror Lake for our temple anniversary. So we called up some friends and packed our gear. We didn't leave to go until Friday afternoon so by the time we got up there, most the campgrounds were full.  We ended up staying at Butterfly Lake which is just tiny but so pretty!

Our campsite was right on the lake so we went fishing basically the entire time.  Carson was super excited to use his Batman fishing pole and had a blast casting his line into the lake.  The very first time we caught a fish I thought Carson would be way excited.  He actually really surprised me with his reaction.  He burst into tears telling me "no, no, no"  He didn't want us to hurt the fish!  I showed him the fish was ok and he told me we needed to give him back to his mommy and daddy.  It was the sweetest thing seeing him care so much for this little stinky fish!  I am actually a pretty proud of him that he did care that much. after explaining that the fish wasn't hurt he said it was ok to catch more.  I think we caught like 7 or 8 fish.  We didn't let Carson watch the boys gut them but once they were cooked he wanted his own fish to eat. :)

Carson and Dallas LOVE camping and playing in the dirt.  I had a hard time with Dallas because he did not want to be held or be put in his port a crib.  He just really wanted to be on the ground crawling in the dirt. such a boy!

We did a small hike to Long Lake.  I don't think we ever actually found it.  it was 2 miles in.  we stopped at about the 2 2/12 mile mark at this little leach infested pond.  the scenery was gorgeous but the pond was gross. you could literally see little 3 inch long leaches swimming around in it. 

We even got to see a moose! well it was a mom and baby moose.  they were really close to the road so we pulled over.  They must be used to people looking at them cause they didn't scare easy at all.  it was pretty cool!

We had so much fun! thanks to our friends who came and made it a blast!