camping

Two weekends ago Craig wanted to take the kids camping for a night. You have to know that the last time we went camping as a family we were a family of 3. It sure takes alot of stuff just for one night! The kids had a blast. It was a minimum day, so we were able to leave early. He took us to Anza Borrego. I was familiar with the area, but some how it never clicked that where we were going there was no bathrooms or running water. This is when it comes in handy to have all boys! The kids had a blast and Allison was a real trooper learning how to go to the bathroom out in nature. (sorry the pictures are not in order)

We were a little really to see the desert in full bloom. It really is a beautiful sight to see this everywhere you look.

During our little hike we found this.

On our drive home we stopped at Mt. Palomar. The kids thought it was way cool (their words exactly)

We found a small pond that was full of tadpoles.They had so much fun catching them. One of the big kids would catch one and then give it to Spencer. He was so excited he wouldn't let it go. I felt sorry for every one of those tadpoles that were given to him to hold.

This was just a quick stop along our hike.