Our camping trip!

We went camping this last week with some friends and had a blast!!! I have never been camping before where everyone camping are not morning people! Seriously, our group of campers started the day off at about 11am. Hilarious!!!
We went up by Big lake. Went fishing, built forts, boys played in the dirt, hung out by the campfire, and made smores with Reeses (yummy)!!!


We took the boys on a little hike!

Posing for me and eyeballing the termites and ants on the log!!! So they appear a little drunk!

My boys, I LOVE this picture!!!

So here are a few things I brought back from camping!!

1. No matter how much mosquito repellent you have on they still bite you.
2. When the sun comes up Conner wakes up!
3. My boys REALLY do like each other!
4. Getting up and ready by 11 am is great!
5. Hanging out by the campfire is my favorite!
6. You learn a lot about people around the fire! :)
7. Shaffen taking two 55 gallon barrels for water was THE BEST IDEA!!!
8. The first night back in my own bed it the best!
9. Taking a shower the continues to run the water is AWESOME!!!
10. Dutch oven peach cobbler is the best!
11. Not being able to shave my legs that the hair actually gets soft! LOL!!!
12. Smelling like smoke the entire time didn't bother anyone! We all smelled the same!
13. I still really like spot-lighting.
14. Forgetting socks is not the best idea, but my husband always packs to many for himself. Thanks for sharing babe!!!
15. I am not sick of being around my kids or husband!!!

Gas in a diesel truck pulling a trailer $150.00

Food and supplies for the trip $200.00

Hanging out with friends around the campfire PRICELESS!!!!!

We had a lot of fun and didn't really do anything but hang out all day long. Good times!!!

We are LOVING the Summer break!

So far we are LOVING the summer break!!!! Especially me, I am loving sleeping in and hanging out with my kids! They are a blast, most days. They crack me up. They have been playing so good together I don't even have to yell at them for fighting. The only time is when they are just playing to loud! I don't miss school, imagine that! I am enjoying being lazy some days. I have the house pretty well kept up and we always have clean clothes!!!! YEAH!!! Right now we are trying to keep Covin from getting tubes in his ears. He is 6 but has had ear infections like crazy in the last 6 months. We see the ENT on Monday in Tucson. Hopefully he won't have to get them!!!!
So here are a few random pictures....This green eggs and ham book was made by Covin's kindergarten class. Each kid made page for it. It was Covin's turn to read the book the week school let out for him.

It reads...."Covin likes them in the dirt while he squirts." He was so proud that he rhymed. He drew the picture of him with a squirt gun. We were laughing so hard......

And my Conner.....Listening to my MP3 player. He thinks most of the songs are sung by Grandma Toni!

And can't forget BASEBALL!!!! We have been going to games about 3 days a week. Sometimes we will try to catch Carlee's game too! It is fun to see how much these kids change game to game!

This year we were able to get all the older boys on the same team! Dallin (Rachel's kid) Carsen (Nikki and Jarrod's) and Covin. They make quite the team.

Covin's first hit for the season!!!

Made it on base.....And this is him sooo excited that he can stand in as pitcher. They play coach pitch but Covin has been in the pitcher position. Dallin has been playing 1st base and Carsen on 3rd. They are funny too watch. They get so excited when we cheer for them....I think we are the loudest ones there!!

Saturday we drove 2 hours to the top of the mountain to take the boys fishing. I gave Covin car sick medicine cause he tends to get sick sometimes. But Conner would no way no how take any medicine. So we started driving and about 30 minutes into the drive Conner started whining. So I told him to unbuckle and come to the front. He climbed on my lap and thought he was pretty cool sitting up front. A little while goes by he started laying on me and hiding his eyes. Shaffen decided to stop and let them have a break. They ran around for about 3 minutes and I was ready to go. Shaffen was walking Conner back to the truck and he looked at me a said, "I gonna barf!" And puked everywhere. I was sooooooooo glad we stopped when we did!!! I was able to make him bite into an oatmeal creme pie with dramine in it. We were safe the rest of the trip!!!!

We made it finally to the lake and it was FREEZING cold. We brought jackets but that wasn't enough. We were shivering. The wind was really cold!

Covin with his first fish. He and I both thought he was caught up in the weeds. So I helped him get it unstuck. And there was a fish on it!!! He looks so big in this picture....

Conner's first catch of the day!!! He was sooo excited!

And another........

And another.........We were able to catch 6 fish that day. We stayed for 2 hours and had to leave cause we were soooo cold!

Conner hanging out in the front seat AGAIN!!! He was lovin all over us. He is soo stinkin cute!

When we got home we called up everyone to come play with us on the water slide we have. I think Nikki was the only one with a camera!!!

Thanks to Rachel we found out that Walmart was selling slip and slides for 3 dollars. Can't beat that. Conner was liking it very much. Covin finally figured it out!

He had a blast. Cheap thrills....YEAH!!!

Last but not least I wanted to brag on my super smart husband!!!!!

He is almost done with his Bachelor's degree. He will be finished in August. He received this in the mail. He made the Dean's Scholars List. He has maintained a 4.0 in all of his classes!!! He is definitely smart and now we have the paper to prove it! Haha!!! Good job Shaffen, I am very proud of you and somewhat jealous!!!! :) He has been such a good sport about school and work and me at school and work. He helps me out like crazy. I love and appreciate all you do for us!!!!

We have so many things planned for the rest of the month. I love my kids and am lovin being home with them!!! They are so fun and I am enjoying them more and more everyday!!!