Camping with the Worthen's - Fall Break

Brock & Nicole Worthen are some of our closest friends from law school, and they've been trying to get us to move to Utah for 7 years.  They invited us to go camping with them for Fall Break!!  They even provided a trailer/shelter, and Nicole wanted to make sure I understood that it was NOT fancy!  It kept us warm and provided beds, so that was all we needed.  Night #1, Andrew slept in his own bed and woke up a bunch of times checking to see if we were still there, so we switched it up for night #2.  But then Kendall fell off her bed and Brandon ended up sleeping with both Kendall and Andrew.  Brandon snuck out to the open bed, but Andrew immediately knew better and asked to cuddle.  Brandon ended up with Andrew in the smaller bed and Kendall got the big bed all herself.  Ha!  It was basically a game of musical beds.

Brock's family taught us all about deer hunting and gave us our first exposure to the world of camo & orange.  Truthfully, I didn't even realize it was the deer hunt until we got there, but it didn't change the kids' schedule hardly at all.  They just ran around the property in their bright orange and played outside for hours and hours.  The women chatted and cooked yummy food and the men hunted and brought home the bacon ... or deer meat actually.  Brock's nephew shot his first deer and it is certainly a rite of passage in his family!  Our kids did not quite understand the whole thing and felt bad for the deer, but we had a good conversation about killing animals :) and they had a great time.  The Worthen kids are THE BEST kids and their cousins were so sweet to our kids and made them feel like a part of the family.  All in all, a great Fall Break!