Camping Out

Trey and Eli playing war

 Last Friday night we went out and camped with Randy and Lindsay at Hickory Creek.  They have a beast of an RV, and we love to help them enjoy it! ;)

 Saturday was rainy, but that didn't stop us. We rode bikes, played at the playground, caught fireflies, roasted marshmallows, dug up worms, caught fish, fried fish, and just got all around f.i.l.t.h.y.!

 Rhett was so pooped he was begging for a nap.  I finally got his blanket and paci and put him in the bed in the RV. He took a long nap.

 Brad and Randy went fishing Saturday morning on the lake.  When they got back to the campground they took the kids down to the water and fished from the bank.  They started catching perch and sent them back in nets for the kids to put in the pool (we were having a fish fry that night).  So, I think 5 or 6 perch were caught, and Lindsay caught a good bass. So, it was pretty hilarious watching the fish swim and the kids watch/catch/release/torture them in the kiddie pool.  After the fish were caught, the boys went inside and napped for 3-4 hours until it was time to fry the fish.  The problem with that was the kids had that long to watch/play with/bond/name the fish.  They had become quite attached to "Big Bob" the bass.  So, when Brad got up and got ready to filet Big Bob, Rhett practically threw himself between the fish and knife.  He started crying saying, "Nooo, Dada!  Don't cut Big Bob!"  It was humorous and a little sad at the same time.  All of the kids were sad to see him go, and a little disturbed that he was dying just so we could eat him.  It felt a little like an episode of Duck Dynasty with Phil Robertson preaching about living off the land and killing and eating.  Brad got what meat he could off the bigger perch, but I think the kids' saving grace was getting to go back down to the water and release the smaller ones.

Catching the perch

Lindsay and Big Bob

 Rhett told everyone at church on Sunday about Big Bob.  He said, "Dada knifed Big Bob."  Ha!

Boy eating pretzels after his long nap

After supper game of football broke out

Rhett showed up anywhere there was a dog pile ;)

These kids are camping fools!