Tie Breaker

Well the ultrasound results are in and the girls win! Everyone is pretty excited except Kamryn, he really wanted a brother. Derek is glad because a sister means he doesn't have to share a room any time soon. Brynli and Sadie are excited for another sister, and to all share a room. Mom and dad are grateful that everything looked healthy, and that there is only one little girl. (My kids all kept saying that it was twins, a girl and a boy.)

24th of July

We had our annual Mansfield family camp over the weekend of July 24th. We went to Flaming Gorge to enjoy family, camping, boating, and fishing. We had a great time as usual. Most everyone headed up the mountain on Thursday evening, but our family didn't head up until Friday morning. Kamryn was a little disappointed about missing out on the early morning skiing, so we left early Friday morning and stopped at Steineker to ski on our way to Flaming Gorge. Wyatt and Kamryn were the only ones who wanted to get in the water that early. They did get some good skiing in. Kamryn is really doing well on the slalom ski.

We got up to our campsite before breakfast, set up our tent, and were ready for the day. It was kind of nice to put up our tent in the daylight. Friday and Saturday afternoon we went to the lake to play. The weather wasn't great (as usual at Flaming Gorge) but we still had a great time. I didn't get too many pictures because I didn't always have my camera with me. The surf was the favorite boating toy. Megan, Kevin, and even Grandpa had fun on the surf. Meggie and Mikey enjoyed the wakeboard, and Stephanie had fun with the kneeboard. I was able to surf without the rope for the first time, and Kamryn and Wyatt practiced there great skills on the surf board.

Saturday evening Grandpa and Wyatt took the kids fishing. All of the kids caught at least one fish. Kamryn even caught a fish with his homemade fishing pole. Wyatt had Brynli and Derek kiss there fish. Brynli didn't want to get to close, but she puckered up pretty good. All the kids came back to camp pretty excited about there fishing trip. They brought back about 4 fish that we cooked up. I think all the kids even tried some. Sadie realized that she really liked fish.
The kids also enjoyed just playing at camp. It is always fun to play with cousins, a little dirt doesn't hurt either. All in all it was a great weekend, even if we did all come home sick. We are already looking forward to next years family camp.