{Our fourth of July weekend // camping at Mill Creek Resort}

What an amazing weekend we had! I think with each passing year I love the Fourth of July more and more. The festivities, the patriotism, all of the red, white & blue, the bbqs, the fellowship, fireworks, ALL of it. It's almost becoming a tradition for us to camp at Mill Creek Ranch Resort in Canton for the 4th weekend. I saw in my timehop app that we started coming here over 6 years ago! We stay in Nate's parents camper, but you can rent cabins there too. It's such a nice resort and they have different activities spread out throughout the weekend. So incredibly fun!

And the best part? It's right down the street from Canton First Monday. What is Canton First Monday? Oh...it's AMAZING! It's a humongous flea market that comes to the town of Canton, TX the weekend before the first Monday of the month. They have all kinds of goodness...home decor, furniture, rustic metal pieces, wood cutouts of anything and everything, metal yard art, crafting supplies, trendy boutique style clothes, purses, shoes and jewelry, anything & everything! It's such a fun place to shop. So much of the things in our house are from Canton. I will show all of my finds from this weekend soon. :)

Nathan, Mason and I went down on Thursday after work. The majority of our group was already there. We hung out for a bit until everyone reached the point of starvation and then we headed to Jalepeno Tree for supper. We came back to our campsites and hung out a little more before calling it a night.



Friday morning the ladies got up and ready for Canton while the boys stayed back to swim, paddle boat and fish. Once we got to Canton we split into a couple of groups because some wanted to visit the arbors and others wanted to go to the junk/antiques outside! I was in a small group with one of my girlfriends and we found some amazing stuff! We couldn't believe how non-crowded it was and there was also a nice breeze. It was a perfect day for Canton! We all met back up a couple of hours later and shopped a bit more before leaving to grab lunch. Then we went back to the campsites and a group of us went to the pool! Nate swam with Mason and our friend's 4 year old while April and I sat on the side with our feet in the water taking pictures. The only way we could get Mason out of the pool was by bribing him with the Rt Beer floats they were making at the lodge! But as soon as he got it he wanted right back in the pool. Ha! That evening some of us went up to the Grand Lodge for some live Texas Country Music. Matt Bradshaw was playing an acoustic gig and he was pretty good! 



Saturday we got up and hit Canton once again! There were a few things we wanted to go back for. That always happens to us! We decide against something when we're there...go home and sleep on it and decide we really wanted it! ha. We didn't stay long because the heat was brutal. But, there was still no one there. We were shocked. We've been there in July when you're basically shoulder to shoulder with everyone. And since it was so hot we came back for a swim. This time the whole family plus some were in the pool! Mason was a little fish! He did so great in the pool all weekend and swam all over the place. We kept floaties on him because the majority of the pool was deep and there were other wild kids in the pool! Better to be safe! But, we were so happy with the results of his swim lessons! He was jumping in, going under water, holding his breath under water for a good amount of time, etc. I will definitely recommend our swim instructor to anyone!!! She's amazing. Mason joined in the bike parade at 2:30, but was having issues with his bike so he didn't get to finish the parade route. {we later had to take this bike back because the pedals were messed up}, but he had fun! And then later we went back to the pool/lodge for s'mores. YUM! But, it sure was hot at the firepit and with the Texas heat! We got one and booked it. ha. That evening we cooked burgers & hotdogs and then let the kids play with sparklers and other smaller fireworks. Then we watched the big firework show from town! It was a good night. Sunday was coming home day. Womp. womp.



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How was your holiday weekend?