Patton Family

Birthday Camping 2016

This year we went Zions park for our annual camping trip for my birthday. The kids had a blast!!! We went swimming and Rowed a boat around the lake, hiking and played at the park on the rope swing and various other toys.

A Real Date

I planned a Real date! its been years since we have done something this adventurous and fun just the two of us. so i borrowed Sherry Wilson's car and trailor and blind folded Pat. then went to the O'Leary's house to pick up their Kayaks. i packed a lunch and we headed to Salsbury Park. that was a little stressful (to say the least) driving someone else's car, pulling a trailer. i even had to have Shawn O'Leary help me back the car out of his driveway. all the while pat was still blind folded and had no idea someone else jumped in the car and was driving. but we made it safely and even had a lot of fun! we kayaked and ate lunch at the park. this was the perfect way to reconnect and relax and enjoy the beauty that was around us.

On the beach at Salsbury Park

After Kayaking, we got a little wet trying to get out of the kayaks!

enjoying a picnic dinner at the park

Rodeo and County Fair

we splurged a little this year and bought tickets for all the kids to ride rides. we didn't have to pay to get into the fair or rodeo so went bought lots of delicious food and played. we even had a bonus concert that we went to. we had no idea there was a concert after the rodeo that was free so we stayed for that and even went down to the stage and danced in the cow poop.


Nadia and Malik got to ride the big kid rides

Nadia and Pat even rode the Zipper!!!!

watching the horses and cows

Front and center

Ocean Shores

Pat had to work at Ocean shores so we took advantage of the free hotel room and took our kids on a real vacation. The kids and i played as much as possible in the indoor pool.whenever pat had to leave for work we would head to the pool. we were pleasantly surprised when we discovered the hotel we booked was in fact a condo! we had our own kitchen, living room, dining room, bathroom, and separate bedroom. the whole condo could comfortably sleep 6! and that would be without utilizing the floor space at all. we spent the last day spending as much of our time at the Pacific Beach. we played in the sand and it was the perfect setting for flying kites.