Once again, Lorie wins the “gift whisperer” award of the year. If you’ve followed along with our blog the past year, you may recall my best friend Lorie launched me into the ugly cry when she surprised me by decorating our house for Christmas last year when we were gone (read about it here). The past ten years of our friendship have included many trips to Target. Any time we’d pass the camping aisle, Lorie heard me whine about how badly I wanted to steal one of the mini display tents and take it home to Huckleberry! This year Lorie tracked down a mini North Face tent and gave it to me for Christmas, complete with a stuffed Boo zipped inside. BEST GIFT EVER. Here’s Huck enjoying his first backyard camping trip, complete with (Photoshopped) fire:

Me to Nate : Should we do the shoot out back or in front of the house? Nate looks at the neighbor’s house, down at Huck, and at the mini tent in his hand : We should probably be doing this out back, hun.