Anniversary Camping and the First Dutch Oven Attempt

For our anniversary Nic wanted to go on a "two day date." We thought it would be fun to get a hotel and have our own little get away... But there were other things we wanted to do financially, so Nic suggested camping... well, if we are going camping I figured we ought to take the kiddos... So our anniversary get away turned into camping with the family.

My sweet mother did call on the day of our anniversary and said, "When am I watching your kids?!" Isn't she great! We headed out for dinner, adult conversation, swinging at a park (not so adult like), and a little walk holding hands... ahhh. So thanks to my mom we did get a little romance in there!

Our camping trip turned out very fun! Once as we headed back from the good ol' toilets, Hannah said, "Mom this is such a fun adventure!" And it was! The kids loved playing in the dirt and water and would have spent hours playing in the tent too if we would have let them. Bry had the time of his life getting dirty from head to toe. Hannah made me a pretend garden box on a rock with water, sticks, and pebbles. The kids ran and giggles lots.We went on a stroll up around a lake (nice for a stroll but not to get in). Nic and I got some relaxed reading in while the kids played. And I got to use my dutch ovens! Since we were only cooking for 4, I tried to think of something we could do in just one dutch oven for dinner. So we made pizza. I cooked it a little too long so the bottom was a bit burnt, but all in all I thought it turned out really well for my first attempt. We also made a dutch oven chocolate cobbler/cake with raspberries for dessert.Surprisingly the kids went to bed REALLY well. (We brought the pack'n play for Bryson.) However, Hannah did wake up unable to find her blanket and it took a while to go back to sleep. We would think she needed something, her whispering our name and then it would be some really random comment or question. One of her comments went something like, "Daddy.... Daddy?... Daddy... I'm so glad you are with us today. I'm so glad we could go camping and pretend the tent is our house."There was no sleeping in, of course. Nic made us a scrumptious breakfast of pancakes, bacon, and eggs. Then after loading up we went on a fun, little hike called The Grotto.I really enjoyed the adventure! We really need to do things like this more often. I'm ready to go again! Anyone in?!