Tristan's 1st Camping Trip

To mark Tristan's 1 month birthday what better way to celebrate but to go camping.  I know it sounds crazy but so far he has been a pretty easy going baby so we thought why not.  We packed up the trailer and headed to Koomer Ridge campground Friday afternoon.  We set up camp, and the first night went pretty well.  I even laughed that I was probably the only one camping with a breast pump.  The next day we all went rock climbing with some friends.  While the climbing and hiking with them was pretty fun both of our older two were in a mood and they made parts of it pretty challenging.  We ended up leaving them to go climb so more while we went back to the trailer for some much needed naps.  That night we all hung out by the campfire and had a great time.  The next day the men wanted to go climbing alone so Mamiko and I were in charge of the children.  I decided we should take them all on a hike to Rock Bridge.  On the way there in my head I was freaking out.  What were we thinking going on a 3 mile hike with 5 children.  I had never hiked in the gorge without Dave, but had been on this trail before.  Mamiko didn't know her way around so in a way I was the leader of the group.  In my head I just kept telling my self that I put people to sleep, and keep them alive during surgery, I could do this!!  In the end it was probably the best day of the entire trip.  The kids did fairly well hiking, and they loved playing in the water and eating lunch by the waterfall.