camping memories

Yesterday afternoon Julianna and I "packed" for the camping trip - it's always interesting to see what she picks out as "essentials". Few of her selections made the final cut, especially considering everything needed to fit in Matt's backpack :)

Here's a photo from last year's trip - it's amazing how much she's grown and changed in the past year.


Lydia and I are having a great time holding down the fort at home. I've got a list of things I want to do while I'm mom to just one kiddo - it won't all get done, but it's fun to have the extra time, energy and freedom to work on a few special projects.

Speaking of growing fast... last year Lydia missed the camping trip too, she was six weeks old:




And one more camping memories photo .... last night as he was getting out the camping gear Matt jokingly asked me, "when's the last time you even used your sleeping bag Laura?" I must admit, it seems like a lifetime ago that we camped together. Young kids put a damper on the camping spirit, you know? And on top of that, we live in a country with few camping resources and nothing like your trusty state park campground system!

But we did LOVE camping. And one day we will do it again. I promise. Just to prove that we were campers once... this photo from the summer after we got married, we backpacked in Yellowstone. Matt was already practicing his "good husband camping technique" - compare the size of his pack to mine!


He must have been getting ready for trips like today's - when he carried everything for Julianna and himself, and Julianna carried only the dirt and rocks she collected in her pockets along the way.