CAMPING!!!

So I've been wanting to go camping now for a LOOOONG time. We had a couple times where we had planned on going but things didnt work out. So FINALLY my boss tells us we get the Friday before Easter off and we just knew we had to go camping. The day before we were getting ready to go we found out that the weather was suppose to be rainy, windy, and cold with even a chance of snow. This halted the plans for a little bit but we all eventually decided to still go. So Friday we woke up, got everything packed up and drove to Payson, AZ in search of the great little spot we had last time when we went camping. It took us awhile to find it, but when we got there someone was already in the spot we wanted. We went on the other side of the creek and actually found a better spot and it was perfect for the six of us.
While we were setting up camp the Workmans were setting up their tent when they realized the tent they brought had no poles. So Bryan is like "oh its ok we got another one, its just smaller." (Last time we went camping Bryan and Katie had a tent that could barely fir their air mattress that we made fun of them for). So this time Bryan pulls this "smaller" tent out they got from a catalog thinking its going to work. They lay it out and realize its 6ft by 5ft big. I couldnt help but laugh. It was just so funny because they had a small one last time and had an even smaller one this time. We tried to plan this camping trip by making sure it was better than the last one we went on. We made sure we had the things we knew we didnt have last time. So anyways, the tiny tent ended up being a clothes tent and Bryan and Katie shared a tent with us.

Here is Bryan and Katie's tiny tent

Also, one thing that we were really excited about this time was the fact that we were able to make FIRE!! I love camping when you have a fire, which we didnt have last time!! It just completes the whole camping atmosphere. We made Smores and hot dogs over the fire and it was perfect. Then basically for the rest of the night we played games underneath the canopy. Scum is a new game our little group has played over and over again that has turned into an ongoing competition with eachother. Its all friendly, fun competition. So anyways, right before we went to bed we had the first sign of rain the whole trip so far. We had rain all night and the next morning, but got just enough breaks to do all the things we needed to do when it was pouring down. We even got like five minutes of snow. We made breakfast in the morning and played some games, but mostly spent our time packing up our camp and getting ready to go. So here are some pictures below from our little weekend adventure...

The whole crew

Jamesons Bulgarian hat served as the scum hat

and Bryan was Scum... for once!!

We were the king and queen of Scum that night

Me and Abberkins before it got cold

Me and Katie with layers of clothes after it got cold

The girlies

We wanted to go swimming, but the water was sooo cold

so this is our little attempt to satisfy our water craving

Jams and I

So despite the cold weather we had a lot of fun, and it was definately better than the heat we had last time (minus the swimming) and im glad we ended up going!