Carver Family Reunion and HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

The Carver Family Reunion happened to fall on the same weekend as my Mom's Birthday so we told my Mom we wouldn't be able to join them at the condo. It was really hard to tell her that. I know she was soooo disappointed.
We went to Mt. Dutton in Utah. We went up a day earlier then everyone else and set up camp. It was beautiful. The weather was awesome and we had a great time. Although it wasn't without drama.
Right after we got all set up the cows came grazing by. My dog wasn't sure what to think of them so he started barking at them and running after them. The cow's and bull's were not amused.....they were trying to head butt him and stomp on him but Chopper was too fast for them. At one point the WHOLE herd started charging after Chopper. Tyler ran out into the meadow to try to scare them away and the kids were hysterical and I grabbed the shovel and started running to Tyler and Chopper like I was going to save the day. Tyler scared the cows away and got a hold of Chopper before I got there but it was quite scary......Very funny now.  

I have such an awesome family. I love them so much!

Tyler's family didn't start arriving until late Friday. I didn't get any pictures because we were trying to get everyone set up and organized.
Saturday was kind of a disaster. The weather was awful. It rained a lot. Two of my brother in law's and two of my nephews went out elk hunting. Only three of them came back. Yep, that was the scariest 7 or so hours. Thane had left the group to hike up a mountain to see if he could find cell service. His daughter was having her first baby and he wanted to see how she was doing. In the mean time he got lost. We had no cell service, so we couldn't call him. We organized our own little search party and went on the hunt. After several hours of not being able to find him we called in search and rescue. As they were blocking off the roads so they could bring in the helicopters Thane called us from a diner 30 miles away.....Long story short. He got turned around, had no idea where camp was, saw civilization and started waking towards it. Some locals picked him up on an ATV and took him to a diner where he could call us. As soon as Thane got back to camp it started to down poor.....hard. Thane made us all dinner and we all went to our tents and ate. We didn't get to visit much because of the weather and Sunday we went home......thankful that we had everyone. Despite everything. We had so much fun.

SuRpRiSe! We lied to my Mom. We told her we couldn't come to the condo but we did. We went straight to the condo from the Family Reunion. We were able to stay until Tuesday. It was so nice and relaxing.

 I love that my kids know how to clean their own fish. And they know never to ask me.

 After all the camping and running around, poor Chops was exhausted. He has never been such a good boy. I wish he could run like that everyday.

We really needed this little vacation. It was awesome to spend time with family. I really hope we do it more often!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM. WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!!