The Big Burrito

Esteban went on a winter camp out last weekend. Yep, camping in the snow. For those of you who don't live in a frigid climate, (I'm quite jealous) I will explain. They hike a mile uphill to a campground pulling a sled with all their camping equipment. Once they arrive in camp, they dig a trench and bury their sleeping bags. My parents gave Esteban a sleeping bag that can stay warm even if the temperature drops to -25 degrees. Which it does here in Utah occasionally. I snapped a picture of him wrapping his sleeping bag before he left. He looked like he was laying in a big burrito. He wrapped the sleeping bag in the tarp to keep it from getting wet. If you get wet while you are outdoors in the winter, you will surely freeze. (Isn't that a happy thought?) Then he would become a frozen burrito.
They boiled water on a camp stove. He had cup-of-soup for dinner and oatmeal for breakfast with hot chocolate to drink. He said he slept well except for being claustrophobic from the weight of the snow, all of his food & supplies in the sleeping bag to keep them from freezing, and his entire body in the sleeping bag to stay warm. He seemed to have fun which is more than I can say for a friend of his. Why do they do this? To teach the boys that they can do hard things and not freeze to death. He also recently had braces put on. Ethan will need braces within 2 years (before Esteban's is paid in full). AJ is after that. I told Aaron we just need to set up direct deposits to the orthodontist for the next ten years. I asked him, "Whose idea was it to have this many kids?" He reminded it was our idea. My next question was, "Then whose idea was it to have them this close to each other?" He reminded me it was our idea. WHAT WERE WE THINKING? The boys want to use the money I make working to buy a Wii, I explained to them my salary goes to the orthodontist. Even I'll admit, that just doesn't sound as fun.