Matthew's Birthday!

July 23 - Matthew's big 26th Birthday! We went camping with his family up Spanish Fork canyon. We got to try out our new tent the Henages gave us for our wedding present - we like having a tent now after our last camping trip. Let me tell you about that one! We were up in Boise and went boating, camping and boating with Jeremy and Therese (my brother and sister-in-law). Matthew and I borrowed a tent, but we wanted to sleep out under the stars. In the middle of the night we heard a little creature rumbling some things by our campfire - not far from where we were sleeping. We awoke with a start. We looked in the moonlight to see what it was. Matt guessed it was either a skunk or a badger. We tried to go back to sleep, but every sound startled us thinking the creature was back. Shortly thereafter, the creature returned. Matthew shone our flashlight on our little friend. We saw the stripe and we saw him start to turn around. We took cover under our sleeping bag hoping and praying he wouldn't spray. Lucky for us our skunk friend didn't spray, and we were able to sleep after that.
Needless to say, we were excited to receive our tent and not have to worry about creatures this time. We played the fugitive game where his mom was at homebase. She would close her eyes and count while we attempted to run and touch 3 specific locations. When she opened her eyes she would shine her light and try to catch those on the run. I was victorious along with others, but Matthew got caught. As he was running, he tripped and tore open his hands and scraped his elbow and leg. We spent the next while cleaning and bandaging him up. What a fun little trip! Our families pulled together to get Matt what he had been wanting for a long time - a new iphone! He's totally digging it and me too. Hee hee Especially because now I got his ipod and have an ipod!