The Wet Ward Camp Out

We knew it would be raining July 30th a few months ago- why? Because we planned on camping that day. We have a curse; it rains on us every time we go camping; I am not kidding! We decided to go anyway, seeing that Kent was in charge of this ward camp out. It was Anna's first camp out too!

We got there at set up our tent on a pile of ants. But it was OK, because the rain washed them away.

Went wading in the creek as the storm clouds rolled in.

Anna loved splashing in the warm Arizona creek water and even helped us find firewood for the campfire.
Anna content as ever in her pack and play, out of the rain, enjoying the smells of the campfire and being in the outdoors.
This is Kent trying to make pancakes for the ward on a cookie sheet, which he discovered did not work very well, and reverted to a frying pan. They were very delicious!

We camped at Clear Creek, near Sedona and had a good ward turn out. Hot dogs and S'mores that evening and a campfire program. When we retired to the tent it was soooo hot and humid inside, our sweaty skin stuck to the outside of our nylon material sleeping bags. Gross!! Not to mention And Kent and I were squished to one half of the 3 man tent as Anna's pack and play took up the other half. It rained most of the night and due to the fact that we were so squished, and Kent is foot longer then the length of the tent, we were touching the walls of the tent which allowed the water to come in. Yep, that morning pretty much every thing was wet except Anna in her pack and play. She slept great. Though we discovered she was wet too because her diaper leaked. It rained through the morning. We ate a delicious breakfast Kent cooked up with Derek from the elder's quorum; bacon, eggs and pancakes. Kids were running everywhere in the rain enjoying life. Adults stayed under the cover enjoying each others company. After a while everyone in the ward gave up waiting for the rain to let up and took their tents down in the rain. We dumped over a gallon of water out of our tent while packing up. It was a fun wet trip like always.