Camping at Moon Lake July 11th-13th

Our first camping trip of the summer was to Moon Lake. This is my most favorite spot to camp, I have so many memories of going there every summer since I was a kid. Ashlyn is getting more fun camping as she gets older. She was so excited the morning we went, she woke right up and told me to get in the shower cuz we were going camping. She was a little confused when we left because Grandpa, Shay and the Fifth wheel left before us and she kept telling Grandma to turn around and go get them. The weather was perfect the whole time and the water was super high and it was weird not seeing all the beach that is usually there. Kyler and I had some fun when we rented a paddle boat. Ash stayed on the shore and played in the water and got soaked in water and sand. She loved every minute of it. I ended up coming home before them so I could go to work, I thought I would enjoy the break from Ash but in reality I missed her so much! They came home a day early and I was totally ok with it. In fact, Ash was so happy to see me she started crying. It was very tender.

5th of July

Since I had to work on the 4th, Ashlyn and I made up for it the next day. We started out by going to Murray Park for a little picnic. Ash is very into picnics these days and she wants to go on one every day. We got there and played and ate and fed the ducks. Ash was very generous with her PB&J, hope they like grape jelly! After that we took a drive in the new car up Big Cottonwood Canyon to Silver Lake. It was super crowded so we left and went off for some ice cream where Ash had a super time playing at the Arctic Circle play area. Ash had a blast and it was fun to have some time to play with her.

Say Cheese!

Wheeler Farm

Monday night we went to Law Enforcement Family Fun Night at Wheeler Farm. It was pretty fun- minus the car breaking down before hand. Ash had a blast playing with other kids. She had a great time with Diana's twins, Taylor and Kyle. They chased each other around, played in the dirt and had some yummy sno cones. In fact, I think the two sno cones Ash had were her favorite thing of the evening. Hmmmm, good thing for spray and wash!

Animals

Yesterday before work, and before the storm came in, we went to Gardner Village to the petting zoo. Ash had a great time riding the ponies and loved seeing all the animals. It was feeding time so they were way more active than I have ever seen them. Shay was sad cuz she could not ride a pony but the animals sure liked her so I think she still had some fun. Afterwards, we went to eat at Archibald's, it was tasty! It was a great day for it because I think the weather scared away customers cuz it was not crowded at all. It was a fun spur of the moment thing to do.

The Graduate

On June 5, 2009 my Shay graduated from Granger High School. I am so proud of her! There were tears in all of our eyes, even Grandpa's. Afterwards we went to Red Robin for dinner. It was fun Shay had a good time but I don't think she even cared about graduating half as much as we did.

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