Labor Day Campout

This year we were able to do our second Labor Day weekend campout with a bunch of other families. We go to a campsite that is only about 5 minutes away from where we live, which in my mind is perfect. :) The weather was a little chilly this year...in the 50's, and windy. Everyone was breaking out their winter hats, and layering on the clothes (and yes, that is a dirt mustache, if you will, in the picture below)!

There were about 16 or so families that came, I think, and everyone brought their own dinner to cook over the fire, and all the fixings to make s'mores. This is such a great tradition that our friends, the Wilsons, have started. It is a great way to spend a night on the long weekend, and Miley has a blast running around with all of her little buddies and getting as dirty as she wants to without her mom freaking out (too badly).

The next morning, everyone did a joint breakfast where we signed up to bring fruit, pastries, juice, milk, or other breakfast foods and we had a buffet of sorts set up.

Oh and the best part about this camping? Cameron stayed and camped with Miley while I came home around 9:30 that night and got to sleep in our own bed. Awesome. :) For those of you who know me, you know that I prefer hotels, soft beds, and bathrooms where I am not worried about a bug biting me who-knows-where on my body. I also bailed because I was honestly a little worried about how Miley would do camping out with us. This is a girl who will not, for the life of her, sleep in our bed with us, so I thought there was no way she would do it on a blow-up bed in a tent. According to Cameron though, she did great, and only woke up at around 3:00 in the morning when he shone a light on her to make sure she was tucked in and warm.

It must have gone well enough, because on Friday the 17th, Cameron is taking Miley camping again for a Daddy-Daughter campout that our church is doing (weather permitting). No complaints here...a free night to myself? Yes please. :)