Camping Vibe In, Laziness Out

We spent a great weekend out at the City of Rocks Nat'l Park out by Silver City, NM Friday and Saturday. It was a little rough camping with two tiny children but we are getting better at it. The stress and toughness of having the babes with us was nothing compared the awesomeness we encountered during our trip down south.

My four year old son had the choice of either going to a place with rocks for climbing (City of Rocks) or somewhere up by Red River with a stream and forest. When he picked the rock place we honestly were not that excited. When we were almost there we seriously thought, "We are in the middle of nothing and there are not any rocks of any kind any where." And then all of a sudden we went over a hill and there it was. This sort of Stonehenge-like cluster of rocks. A huge cluster. I'm talking a mile or two wide and about a mile across. It was so cool! We completely geeked out.

Our campsite

My husband had reserved one of the kind of secluded camp sites that was so perfect that I think we plan to reserve that spot for future trips to the City of Rocks. We camped, we made fire, we roasted marshmallows, grilled hot dogs, hiked, climbed on rocks, and all of the wonderful fun that ensues when camping. Our four year old was a little sick when we left and had a full blown cold by the beginning of day two but we had so much fun before we packed up a little early and headed home.

Me and my two kiddos

We did a total of about 5 miles hiking that day. So fun!

My four year old loves to climb and run.

My husband and two boys

My husband climbing up these huge rocks!

When we got home and got up the next day we decided we had such a great time in the outdoors that we wanted to continue that active pace and keep away from our tv. We are admitted television addicts. We'll be the first to admit it. But we love, love, love being outdoors. I love running. My husband love mountain biking. Our children absolutely love being outside and particularly in water. But somehow we spend a lot of time sucked into tv land. And so with our fun weekend camping we wanted to bring home the feeling of being away from the tv and enjoying life and getting shit done. Hopefully this will continue past day one and we can work on a change of pace here. It's been wonderful so far and I'm stoked to keep it up.

Car Wash

My husband was going to be home yesterday after traveling a few days out of town. Just before his work travels he had spent three days out in Gallup doing a 24 Hour Mountain Bike Race. His truck was filthy. It's a black truck so it shows every little spec of dirt on it and believe me, it was covered in dirt. My truck also was pretty dirty. I hadn't washed it in months. So I decided since yesterday my husband was coming home and the trucks needed cleaning and me and my four year old son needed to get outside that we would have a car wash in the yard.
We got out the kiddie pool. There was lots of water, lots of soap, and lots and lots of sun! It was nearly 100 degrees yesterday and we spent nearly all of the day outside. I hadn't thought of putting on sunblock because I didn't think it would take all day to wash to cars by hand. I thought wrong.
But it was fun and me and my son had a good time. I got more exercise than I had anticipated too. My husband came home mid-afternoon and was pleased to see his clean truck, inside and out. And all of us even got into the kiddie pool to cool off with margaritas for us and Capri Suns for my son.
All and all, even though I later realized I was burnt on my back side to a crispy nugget, it was a great day. I was happy my hubby was home and me and my son had fun playing in the water and sun together.