The Boys went camping...

Jon Here. These are some photos from Marcus' first camping trip. We went with Keith, Mason and Tyler. Kudos to Keith for letting us take his mini-van "off-roading" as we camped up American Fork Canyon (about 20-30 minutes from our home, although it took about an hour to get there because of the trail we had to take to find it which involved driving through a stream and about 40 min. on a tiny, windy, unpaved mountain road). See his car for proof of the trek it took!

We found a small campground that was next to a little babbling brook. I say "babbling" as it provided nice background noise throughout the night... at least when our neighboring campers finally turned their music off at about 4 a.m. The boys had so much fun playing in it though and it was great to see their imaginations, and their bodies running all over the place!

Thanks to the campers who had been there from the night before, Keith and I had the easiest time ever getting the fire going. All we had to do was place some wood shavings on the pit, along with some wood aligned in teepee formation and add wind. Then, poof, we had fire!

The highlight of the night was when Marcus received what we diagnosed later on as a mild concussion. Surprise, surprise him and the twins were rough-housing and he landed pretty hard on his head. He wailed pretty hard for it and kept saying he had to throw-up. I thought it may have been because of the food (chicken tin-foil dinners--thanks Michelle!!) not being cooked long enough... but it was plenty cooked. He did ending up throwing-up, but a few hours later. Poor guy. I felt pretty awful after but he was fine after some good sleep. Good news is, it makes for some sweet memories!

Thanks Tanaka boys for the good times! Marcus, thanks for not screaming to go home in the middle of the night! It was a blast!