31 Weeks

Little Bass Pro

I'd say this was the best $2.99 we spent on the trip...sweet.

Deathly Hot Desert Drive

We had a seriously hot drive out to Lake Powell--we were so traumatized by the heat! Every rest stop bathroom break was like being tossed into an oven on the side of the freeway. Actually, it helped keep us pretty entertained throughout the day and evening, constantly checking on the temperature and trying to guess how and when it would change. I'm pretty sure it never got below 85 or maybe even 90 throughout the night that we spent in Mesquite. Luckily, it cooled down by our second day in Lake Powell and we didn't suffer too much :)

Dance-a-Thon

The glow sticks that we brought on the camping trip for Parker were a huge hit! We have promised ourselves that these must become a regular part of all night-time family/kid events. On this particular night, he had spent most of the evening after dinner dancing like a crazy person on the beach; by the time it was dark, we made him a "glow stick suit" that looked awesome (although I think it still needs about 50 more glow sticks added to it)! Parker definitely prefers crazy, noisy, fast music--so we found him the perfect song to do his glow stick dance to...I was seriously laughing hysterically by the second song--it brought tears. Needless to say, he was absolutely exhausted by bedtime.