Fires and Castles

Last weekend we took Emmeline and Mabel camping for the first time. Some friends in the ward own some property out in the Alabama wilderness and invited us to go with them. We had so much fun. Emmeline loved roasting marshmallows and hotdogs. She thought the fire was so pretty (and it was). Emmelines other favorite part was setting up the tent. She was holding a flashlight while Brett worked and as the tent started to come up and take shape she excitedly exclaimed, "Yes, a castle!" The rest of the trip all the tents were known as castles. The only hard part was getting her to go to sleep because she was having so much fun playing in "the castle".
There were a couple of young men that went up with us. They were so nice. Having been in the primary for 3 years and having two very young girls, I havent had much reason or opportunity to meet the young men. But they were so great with Emmeline. They let her interupt their football toss and included her in passing the ball around. They also let her sit by them at the fire and follow them around everywhere. I was surprised at how nice they were to a two year old little girl. (Lucy when you come visit. . .we'll have to arrange a setup or something!! :) )
Up on the property there is a place to shoot guns. Brett brought up his .270 rifle. Holy cow does that thing pack a punch. After one of the boys shot it he told Brett that now he felt like a real man. There were a couple of other guns brought up. One guy brought his handgun and he let me shoot that a couple times. It was my first time shooting a real handgun and it was pretty awesome.
We had a lot of fun and definitely plan on taking the girls camping again sometime!!