A Creepy, Crawling Campout

A few weeks ago we went to Camp Verde in northern Arizona for our ward campout. We were thrilled to get in one last camping trip for the year. We absolutely LOVE our ward and the close friendships that we have with many ward members. It makes it much easier to live so far away from all our family when we can rely on our ward family for help and enjoy good times together.
Some of the highlights included making smores around the campfire with gigantic pink and white marshmellows; waking up at 4:30 a.m. to the 200 ROTC neighbors counting off their exercies; enjoying the surprises of the many creepy, crawling bugs, spiders and animals of the trip. Here are a few.....


Logan is holding a little fish she caught with her dad in a little stream by our camping site.

Dustin Waite trying to get the crawfish to let go of his finger....yes, it did hurt!

You can't see it very well, but here is the crawfish that Madelyn surprised me with. Of course I freaked out...running away and screaming like a little baby!

Probably the worst surprise of all, was Saturday morning when Alan and I were cleaning out the tent, getting ready to take it down. First we saw one big spider and of course I was terrified. But then when the second one came crawling out, bigger than the first, I had a big case of the heebie jeebies for the rest of the campout!

Thank goodness it never made it INSIDE our tent!

Here are some fun pictures of the weekend..... Me and my good friend Shelby Turner

BFF's, Logan and Madelyn

Mason "fishing" in the stream

Jalen

I caught Jalen and Brayden reading stories in the tent...so sweet!

Cody Lundt, Ryder Turner, Mason and Preston Waite

Three little monkeys swinging in the tree...Madelyn, Logan and Rylee Willard

Mason and Maggie Mecham

Eating a yummy dutch oven dinner: potatoes, carrots, and chicken with Jeff's biscuits

Always a game to be played....

Dirt and dumptrucks...life can't get any better than this!

Jalen and Brecken Turner sipping sodas