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Monday, June 23, 2008

Daddy Daughter Campout!

On June 13th, Jeremy and Leila joined a bunch of other Daddies and Daugthers in our ward for some good old camping. Leila was soooo excited to have some special time alone with her Dad. This is a wonderful tradition we did in my family growing up- my parents would make sure once a month one of us girls was singled out for special time with either Mom or Dad. Good memories- and it makes me happy to think Leila will have some precious memories like mine. Because life is so crazy, Jeremy didn't get the van packed up, including the bike for Leila, so I did it on Friday Morning. Wow- this is a lot of work for one night of camping!

They went to Willamette Mission State Park http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_139.php, and thier group rented one of the big group sites. They set up the tent. They went on a bike ride. They had had hot dogs for dinner. They had some smores. They baked some breadsticks on a stick(we had never heard of this before, but both Jeremy and Leila really liked it). They went to bed LATE. They went on several more bike rides- Jeremy's legs were tired from all of the walking behind his little biker girl Leila. They went on a Ferry across the river. They threw rocks in the water. Leila waded in the water with her friends. To sum it up, they came home tired and dirty and had a lot of fun. Isn't that the way camping should be?






























Nathan and I went to "Out of this world Pizza" http://www.outofthisworld.net/ which was just too much fun. We met up wtih a few friends: Tonya and Eli, and Melia, and had a slice of pizza, yummy spinach salad, and a handmade scoop of ice cream. We had fun chatting and watching our boys play. They boys really liked the space age schooter things. Nathan also braved his way on the "Zero Gravity" bounce house. Tonya and Melia went down the 4 story slides a few more times than once. And then Meila came over to hang out and watch a movie. Fun for everyone.








Nathan missed Leila while she was gone. And Leila recorded a special message for Mommy while out in the wilderness:



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