First ever Martin Family Camping trip

This last weekend Mitchell and I went on our first camping trip together! We got a lot of camping supplies from our families for Christmas and we finally got to put it to good use. Since this was our first trip together and our first trip with all of our new stuff, we didn't venture too far away from Sacramento. We booked a campsite for two nights at Folsom Lake State Recreation Area.

When Mitchell got home from work on Friday afternoon, I had everything laid out and ready to pack into the car. We loaded it up and stopped at the grocery store for our food for the weekend and then got on the road!

Once we made it to the park (about 20 minutes away, haha) we located our campsite and begin to set up camp! Our instant tent took literally two minutes to pop together - best idea ever!

With our tent up and everything unloaded, Mitchell went to work on our camp fire. We realized pretty quickly that I forgot matches/lighter/lighter fluid. :-/ In my defense, they were on the list but I didn't grab them before we left. So I take the car back to civilization (2 minutes away) and buy the supplies needed for Mitchell to make a great fire!

Right before bed we realized I forgot one of the most important components of our comfort on this trip... pillows! Again, they were on the list, I just didn't grab them. So our "pillows" were crumpled up towels and fleeces. *sigh*

Saturday morning, we woke up and I made a cup of camping coffee with my fancy coffee mug that presses the coffee and then strains the grinds out. Sweet! I used our handy dandy propane stove to make breakfast burritos. Yum!

For the most of the day on Saturday we either went for hikes around the lake on the trails or read and chilled at our campsite. The weather was perfect for camping!

Mitchell is looking all studly as he looks out over the lake!

I picked a bluebonnet because I'm in California now and there's no law against it!

Dinner and dessert on Saturday night were epic... silver turtles and dutch oven peach cobbler! Uh-mazing!

Putting together the silver turtles!

Peach cobbler baked to perfect!

Yum!

Sunday morning we woke up and had the same breakfast as the day before and enjoyed a quiet morning before heading back to town. Poor Mitchell got sunburned on our hike on Saturday and we were both a little sleep deprived after sleeping on an air mattress without pillows for two nights. We were ready to be back home!

Our trip was a blast and Mitchell was a great camping partner! We can't wait to do this with friends and kids one day! We are practicing now so we'll be pros when we're with other people! :)