A Camping They Will Go

Jacob has been wanting to go camping for awhile. It seems things just kept coming up making it impossible for Brad to take him. Last year at the Father & Son's camp out, it rained a lot, so Brad decided not to go. Then it was just too dang hot this summer to do much camping.

So, we finally found a somewhat free weekend and put it on the calendar for October! Brad, and Jacob and David & Nathan Church went on a camp out! Jacob was pretty excited about camping, but he wasn't too sure of sleeping without a light on and without Scripture Scouts to listen to.

Setting up camp!


Two little friends going camping together for the first time! Nathan is about a year younger than Jacob, but they get along pretty well and enjoyed hanging out together. Brad says taking two four-year-olds (Jacob is almost five, and Nathan is almost four) on a camp out is much easier than taking 18 young men on a camp out!
The camp site.
Cooking hot dogs over the fire.
Jacob and Nathan must've been hungry because as soon as they got the hot dogs out, both boys started eating them before they were even cooked...yum!

Jacob said he had a good time. When he got home I asked him how it went. He said it was good and that he, "Slept the whole night...except for those stupid trains!" I completely forgot when I scheduled this camp out at my parent's house (they have 10 acres) that the train tracks run along the back of the land. Oops! Apparently, the train came by several times that night and blew his horn really loud each time. Brad said that one of the times, Jacob sat up in bed, covered his ears, and let out a big scream. If you know Jacob, you know how ear-piercing that probably was. Oh well, better luck next time!

Way to go, camping boys :)