Roughin' It With Kate

When we first got to the camp site, Kate was running in circles smacking her head. She was so excited! Once we got the tent set up, and were in the tent for a while, and it became clear that we were going to actually sleep there--she wasn't as thrilled. The weather was much colder than we expected temps in Southern Utah at the end of April to be. It never got above 25 degrees at night. Freezing!! We put Kate in thermals, two pairs of feet pajamas, and a BYU sweatshirt to try to keep her warm. Then we tucked her in a sleeping back piled with blankets. Both Andrew and I woke throughout the night because we were so worried about her staying warm. She refused to put her hands under the covers, so they were always ice cold. Poor thing! She woke a few times in the middle of the night because she was so cold. She would scream her head off for a long time before getting tired enough to get back under the covers to get warm. It was stressful sleeping. She did wake up in a really good mood every morning, though. Since we've been back, she's been sleeping 12+ hours at night and taking long 3+ hour naps. She's in recovery.

The first night we were there, Andrew and I both woke up at 2 AM to coyotes howling. They sounded really close--like they were just in the next camp site over. It freaked both of us out, and I didn't sleep very well after that. Andrew's mom heard them every night she was there. Scary.