Let's backtrack to March and our first family vacation (and when I also took a vacation from this blog). We went to Utah to Natural Bridges for the girls' inaugural camping trip. We went with our best friends - Kenny and Stephanie and their two girls Nora and Julia - and had a spectacular time! It was still a little bit chilly at night (Tessa had to be removed to my sleeping bag in the middle of the night each night), but both girls did amazing. Maggie blew us all away with her hiking, and even Tessa did some trail walking down on the canyon floor. It felt like home to be back in the slickrock country and of course the kids loved scrambling and climbing and building sand piles. When it was time to go back home, Maggie cried and said she never wanted to leave. I'd say that's a success!
