4th of July Weekend 2009

We had such a blast this past weekend. Mat took Friday off (which is always a bonus) and we headed out to the Rockin' Holt Ranch. It was our first time taking the camper out this year and luckily the air was working. It was hot and tons of bugs everywhere. We loved having a cool, bug free place to let Peyton nap. The showers are nice to have also since we were all covered with dirt and bug spray. It was so fun to have all the family camp out together. Mat put a new battery in the kids 4-wheeler that hasn't run in way too long, and it ran non-stop. The kids found 5 arrowheads including a really nice one that Caleb found. Mat and I had Peyton on a 4-wheeler ride a ways away from camp and got caught in a little down pour. She didn't care a bit she was too interested in all the scenery we passed by. We took the kids fishing Saturday and I offered $50 to the first kid to swim across the pond. Wishing it would have motivated my own kids I was tickled that 8 year old Jayden took the prize. It was a pretty good swim and he did get a bit of help from his uncle Mat but the kid earned it and will have a great story to look back on. We came back that day and let the kids swim at Grandpa and Grandma Nelson's then lit fireworks off in the front yard. Sunday we slept in and missed sacrament for the 11:00 session. I guess we were pretty tired. Mat's back at work in Vegas today and we have to get back to reality but what a fun relaxing weekend. :)