No sleep but LOTS of fun!

A couple of months ago I didn't even like Matt's idea of camping with the boys in our own living room, so who knew I would agree to an actual overnight camping trip. Matt spent the whole week before the trip telling the boys all about how we were going camping. He even set up the tent to show them where we would all be sleeping. I guess they really did know what we were talking about because I have never seen them happier than in the car on our way to go camping. It was all smiles and giggles until we had to come home after 5 minutes of driving since Matt forgot his wallet. Daniel cried so hard when he saw our house, I guess he was thinking our 5 minute car trip wasn't exactly what he had in mind when we told him we were going camping. You can't reason with a two year old so he cried up until he realized that we were on our way again, and we were just stopping at home for a minute.

The boys had so much fun running around our campsite and exploring with their cute girlfriends from our ward. They loved the campfire and of course the tent. The cutest part of it all happened when we decided to put the boys to bed. They have never slept outside of a crib and we worried they may not want to go to sleep and they might be scared because it was so dark. So we tucked them into the sleeping bags and told them goodnight. Matt and I wanted to sit with our friends by the fire. We didn't get but 5 feet from the tent before we heard giggles and squeals of excitement. We saw heads protruding against the sides of the tent and little heads poking up looking out at us through the screen of the tent. They were certainly having their own little party and all we could do was laugh. I don't blame them, it's like they were celebrating their first night sleeping together and not being caged in a crib.

Before long they dropped from exhaustion and we later joined them. It's amazing how two small little boys seem to take up all the good sleeping space, it left Matt and I pretty uncomfortable. I'm just thankful we don't share a bed with them at home! Although, it was a great feeling all sleeping together enjoying the sounds of nature and the beautiful stars in the sky. There is nothing like camping, it's like every little boys dream. We can't wait to do a whole lot more of it in the future.


This is what it takes for the Lorz family to go camping for just ONE night!

Daniel seems a little unsure about being tied down to a girlfriend at such a young age.

Who doesn't love peanut butter and jelly dipped in ketchup....I guess anything goes when your camping.......yum!

Lots of exploring. There is no better toy than a stick.

Enjoying the campfire. This is our campsite.

This is how we left the boys when we tucked them in.

This is what we came back to find.