Our friends from our old ward were sweet enough to watch Aidan overnight. It was a huge milestone for us (mostly me) leaving Aidan overnight, but we knew he safe and happy in their home.
We left campus around 5:00 p.m. and traveled to Badger Creek (an extension of campus) with nine other couples. Jayze and I had never been there before, and I was curious to see what it was like. It was about 45 minutes outside of Rexburg. When we arrived, I was surprised by how clean it was. Here we were out in the wilderness, where I'm sure hundreds of people have stayed, and everything was well-kept.
Each couple bunked in their own individual cabin. Ours was called "Chief Joseph."
Jayze and I got settled, and then we hiked back to the main cabin for devotional and dinner. Before devotional, each couple introduced themselves. As couple after couple introduced themselves, Jayze and I thought we were going to be the "senior" couples. Most couples had been married a year or less. Then the last couple introduced said they had been married five years. Despite the fact that most couples had been married a shorter time than us, we got along great with pretty much all of them. It was a great group to hang out with for two days.
That night Jayze and I explored Badger Creek. I had been craving to go hiking for awhile, so it was nice to be out in nature. The fresh scent of wet dirt, different kinds of trees, and the night air was just what I needed. We ended up on the "Scenic Outlook" and saw some horses. I think this made Jayze's night. There were all kinds of different horses chomping away at the grass, taking no notice of two people watching them. The sky and horses were a beautiful and peaceful sight.
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| In heaven |
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| Night sky |
Our cabin was full of bunk beds. We still slept by each other (crowded, but warm). I didn't get the best sleep, but it was wayyyy better than sleeping in a tent. "Chief Joseph" even had a heater (which practically saved my life that night - I get cold way too easily).
Breakfast was bright and early at 7:30 the next morning. After breakfast came the married couples activities. We went through three of them - all of which were surprising, uplifting, and encouraging.
The first activity was slack lining. It was definitely a new experience for us. Each couple went separately. When it was Jayze's and my turn, we each climbed on separate sides of the slack line, leaned forward, grasped hands dance-style, and moved horizontally across trying not to lose balance. As we communicated (eh, sound familiar?), we got further and further across until we eventually lost balance. I was pretty proud of how far we were able to get.
The next activity was the "mine field," a.k.a. rocks acting as mines.
There were three scenarios: 1) trying to guide my husband across the field by yelling across an 8-foot stretch of nature; 2) Jayze guided me across, but he got to stand in front and across from me; and 3) I blindfolded and guided Jayze a second time, but got to touch and stand by him the entire way across.
It was an adventure for sure. Obviously the first one = unsuccessful. The last two = successful.
Our last activity was the hardest and also took the longest. I could not have done it without my belayer and Jayze.
Observe:
We had to climb this 50-ft high ladder of death.
Thankfully we didn't die.
We did it!
After that, we cleaned our cabin, ate some lunch, and drove away. We learned a lot from our little weekend getaway and hope to implement our learning in our every day life. It was a great Mother's Day gift.
And can I just say that it was wonderful coming home to Aidan.
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