Friday was the Fathers and Sons camp-out again, which Hayden had been anxiously waiting for. This year it was at Camp Nauvoo. The trip started off a bit rocky, as Hayden felt sick the car ride up there, and then threw up as soon as he got out of the car. (Luckily, Rex the dog took care of any evidence of Hayden being sick.... yep, it's what you are thinking- yuck!). Hayden threw up last Fathers & Sons too, except in the tent and all over his sleeping bag - talk about keeping up with tradition!. Jeff took up two of his Young Men, Elvis and Aaron.
(that's Rex the dog in the picture...the dogs Rex and Melan that live at Camp Nauvoo are seriously awesome. I would have ten dogs if they could all be like them... they do lots more cool stuff than clean up barf).
Breafast was cooked by the Bishopric, and consisted of pancakes, eggs, sausage, and Bishop's wonderful cinnamon rolls.
In the morning, Jeff took the boys on a hike, which Hayden loved. It got pretty steep at one point where they had to hold on to a rope to climb up. All in all, it was another great Fathers & Sons camp-out.
Missy, Bells and I had a great time at home too. We usually paint our toes, watch girl movies, eat out, but Missy's favorite tradition is going the mall to pick out a new pair of earrings. This year, she surprised me with her pick. She wanted enormous peacock feather earrings. I tried to show her other earrings instead, and told her if she got those she could NEVER wear them out of the house, only at home. She didn't care, but told me she "always has wanted earrings like these". So, after realizing that I don't need to control everything, and if she really wanted these earrings just to wear at home, so be it. The point was to let her have her pick, so I let her have her pick. ( it didn't hurt that they were on clearance and 1/2 the price of all the other earrings .... can't understand why nobody else wants enormous feathers hanging from their ears - lol).
Take three guesses what is all over Baby Bella's fingers. Sorry for the blurry photo- I was in a big hurry before it got wiped anywhere. Seriously, take three guesses. 
Eeeewwww! She was so excited to come inside and show me what she was playing with. I screamed, which scared the poor thing. Snail slime does not come off very easily! Seriously disgusting.
Missy and Little Dude spent over an hour on Friday night coloring and writing their cards to Jeff. This is what Missy wrote in her letter:
and Little Dude picked a tie.
Jeff saw his presents on the table the night before, and took a guess what they each were. He guessed right on all of them except for the chocolates! Talk about a great guesser ( or really predicatable gift givers :)
A little Leprechaun had walked across our floor and up the fridge to dye our milk green. Missy and Little Dude spent the rest of the morning before school searching the house and backyard for more footprints.
