Camping at Mason Draw

My Family was having a little gathering at Warner Lake for a picnic so we decided we would take the opportunity to take the kids camping.

We left Friday morning, here are the kids on the way down. They were being so good and played very well together the whole ride.


There was a semi in front of us that dropped a huge rock. It hit the road and bounced up and hit our windshield. Not the best way to start a weekend but we didn't let it ruin our fun.

Tyler is making a fist so we could compare the size. It is actually bigger then his fist.

We were not sure where we would end up because we didn't want to be surrounded by a lot of people. After searching for what seemed like forever we found a place to camp called Mason Draw. It was the best camp site I have ever been to and no one was around. We loved it, it was the perfect spot.

The kids blew bubbles while we set up camp.


Britton's favorite part of camping is having a fire. He loves to roast marshmallows and make his own hot dogs and throw on little pieces of wood to keep the fire going.

You really shouldn't ask your five year old to hold your beer for you. It just doesn't look right. She didn't think anything of it though.

We had lot's of visitors while we were there. Cute little squirrels. This guy actually wasn't that little.

Britton and Shay had a blast with the caterpillars. They were everywhere. This one they named Olive. Britton said they came up with the name because they all-love the caterpillar and all-love sounds like Olive. Pretty clever.

Some more visitors include, my Grandma Donna, my Mom and Dad and Shane. They stopped by to visit before we headed to Warner Lake for the picnic.

Britton and Shay are playing with Grandpa Doug's metal detector looking for treasures. To bad nothing worth money was found. They were entertained anyway.

Here we are at Warner Lake. Britton, Brooke, Shayna and Bruin.

Fishing with Dad. Never did catch anything.

Shortly after this we headed back to our campsite. My parents and Grandma and Shane met us back there so we could hang out and have dinner. We started dinner which was hamburgers and hot dogs and dutch oven peach cobbler. Once we got everything cooking it started raining HARD. We all took cover in the cars for about 15 minutes. When we got out of the cars our hamburgers were sitting in the skillet filled with rainwater, the dutch oven quit cooking and our sleeping bags, blankets and pillows in the tent were wet. We decided to just pack things up and go stay at Grandmas house. That proved to be a good idea. As we were driving off it started to rain again.

Even though things were not perfect we had a great time and we are very excited to go camping again!

Golf Clinic

Britton was involved in a golf clinic. It was a week long and he loved it. I just wish we had more time to take him golfing. Thank you Mom for getting him there we (especially Britton) really appreciate it.

My little golf pro

On Sunday Mom, Dad, Shane, Tyler, Britton, Shayna and I went golfing. Britton started golf lessons this week and we wanted to take him out for a little practice before he started. We had a lot of fun and Britton is actually pretty good when he connects with the ball. I didn't do to bad either. I definitely need to work on putting but all in all I'm not complaining.

My Mom and Dad bought Britton a new set of clubs and a bag. He looks so cute carrying it around.

Unfortunately for me my Mom has been the one to get Britton to his golf lessons. At the end of the week when lessons are over I will get her camera and post pictures.

Happy Fourth of July!!!

Fourth of July Hair style. Shayna wanted a star.

We went to my parents house for the most delicious Bar-B-Q. It was beautiful weather so we just played outside all day. The kids played in the water and the adults just enjoyed the relaxing time.

Here is Britton and Shay watching fireworks.

This is the firework that Britton chose to be his grand finale.

This is the firework that Shay chose to be her grand finale.

I love that my camera has a firework setting. I took so many pictures of fireworks that I forgot to take pictures of the people enjoying them.

We didn't get home from firework festivities until 11:30. Two late nights for my kids was a little more then they could handle. They slept in the next day like never before. My kids are always up by 7:30. But Sunday morning Shayna slept until 9:20 and I finally had to go wake Britton up at 10:00.

We all had a ton of fun Thanks Mom and Dad for such good food!!

Carver Family Reunion

Tyler's family had two family reunions on Friday. The first one was with his extended family, Cousins, Aunts, Uncles etc. It was at a park in South Jordan. The kids had so much fun with all the kids there were to play with. We didn't get to stay long because Britton had an appointment in Layton for his Tonsillectomy follow up. He is healing nicely with no scarring. He has been a completely different person (for the better) since his surgery. After everything, I'm glad we did it.

The second family reunion we went to was just Tyler's immediate family. It wasn't really a reunion more of a get together to spend time and have fun. They rented a big soccer facility so we played soccer ALL NIGHT LONG. It actually was so much fun, but I am really paying for it. I don't remember the last time I was this sore. I guess that's what I get for trying to keep up with the Carver's. We didn't get home and in bed until 1:00 AM. I don't think my kids have ever stayed up that late but they did sleep soundly so that was nice.

I took my camera but with so much going on I forgot to take pictures. So annoying.

Britton's last day of school

Thursday July 2nd was Britton's last day of school. They did a talent show and then had cookies and lemonade. For Britton's talent he did some karate moves. I didn't get pictures because we recorded it but he did so good. He explained what he was doing and then showed the moves. There were a lot of great talents there, the kids were so cute!


Britton had a great year in 1st grade and is so excited to move on to 2nd grade. His report card was something to brag about as well. Zero being the lowest and four being the highest Britton scored fours on EVERYTHING. Compared to the National average Britton is on a fourth grade reading level. I am so proud of you Britton....you definitely don't take after me!

Thursday night we went to watch Tyler play soccer. Apparently Ty's team won and apparently he made a bunch of goals and apparently he got hurt and layed on the ground for a bit....I missed it all. I was too busy watching Britton, Shayna, Beckham and Mckye I guess. Good times!


Even though I missed a lot I did get some pictures. Hopefully next time I can actually watch the game.

Britton's 1st grade program

Wednesday night Britton's 1st grade class put on their end of year program. Of course there was a song that made me cry. It went something like this:
I thank you Mom for giving me life,
Cuz you...
gave me a heart,
and you gave me a smile,
you gave me my life
and you made it worthwhile.

I can't remember the exact words but it was very cute. Britton of course did a great job.