Everyone Looks More Beautiful in the Glow of the Fire

Steph and Cheetos by the fire.

     Over the weekend my sister was able to visit us for a few days. Our initial plan was to go camping Friday night, so we packed all the gear and food and went up the canyon to look for a spot. After some amount of driving and extensive searching for "the perfect spot" we ended up settling for a place tucked into the dense foliage down a hill from the side of the road. It was getting dark, so we had no choice. 

     While Mike and Danny struggled to put the tent together, Steph and I made a fire. The boys finally gave up on on the tent (we later found out we didn't have the right poles to put it up anyway) so we all just sat around the fire and enjoyed our homemade tinfoil dinners and banana boats (which we learned how to make at our last camping trip with our dear friends Sheldon and Michelle Masias....thanks guys!) There was also some fine singing involved around the campfire. Good times, good times. 

     Without a protective tent, we feared getting ravaged by cougars, coyotes, and bears in the night. We ended up sleeping at the Bates' house instead. So much for camping out. Sorry Steph!