Under the Stars

We slept out on the deck Saturday night. I finally talked Kendall into it. Can you believe I had to talk Mr. Bushman into that? Well, it's true. I even got him to help me drag our mattress out there. He just wanted to use the leaky air mattress so that we could easily go back inside in the middle of the night if needed. No turning back, I say!

It was so warm on Saturday. (It was up around 80, by Monday, the high was 54. Awesome.) I was all excited about sleeping out under the stars and huge moon. Of course, as we were getting ready, we heard howling. No joke. Coyotes or something. It was creepy. Kendall said we'd be fine sleeping out there. (I made him sleep by the stairway not guarded by the dog.) It was also creepy when the dog barked and growled a couple times during the night.

Eli decided he didn't approve of the whole idea a few minutes after being in his sleeping bag and went inside to sleep. Evan complained, but decided to stay outside and slept late in the morning.

The night was sort of miserable, sort of awesome. I didn't sleep well, but thoroughly enjoyed being outside while I laid there awake. It was worth it.