strawberry...

briggsy, wondering what the heck is going on!

for the 'labor day' weekend, we headed out to 'strawberry' to fish. and... because donnie has an elk tag , he wanted to do a little scouting, and oh yeah... cheyne had an archery elk tag, and that hunt was going on then, too. anyway... we pulled our trailer out and chet pulled the boat out. [this is the very first time the boat has been out of the barn, this year.] jeff and haley pulled their trailer out, as did cheyner. chet, kendyl, and ryker slept out in their tent. tiff and briggs slept in the trailer with us. jeremy (hunter), alisha and their kids were out there, too. [jer also had an archery tag].  

why is it that the grandkids like to take pictures with MY camera?
is it because i let them?

great picture...huh!

ryker and hunter

k.j.

kamryn

donnie, living his dream.  i wanted to sale the boat years ago, but he wanted to keep it so that he could take his grandkids fishing, when he retired.  well, he's not retired YET, but at least he gets to live part of his dream.

briggs and tiff

lucky gunner (lamb)... we invited him to come along.  he wanted to go hunting with cheyner, but i think after the morning hunt, he was done!  so he went fishing with the rest of us.
[probably wished he would have gone back out hunting with cheyne]

ryker, playing with the rope
 [ he had been told at least a hundred times, to leave it alone1]

can you see the mischief in his smile?

jeff and haley were the smart ones... they stayed on the bank with jack, to fish.  we had all the rest of the kids with us.

briggs... doesn't he look just like the 'gerber' baby?

sophie, playing 'sport toss'

hunter.
[ i think he is about to bite his tongue off.]
conner, taking it all in.

ryker, learning to ride his 2 wheeler.
[at least he's riding it in this picture.  most of the time, he was just pushing it around camp, following hunter.]

ryker and conner

gunner and sophie
[i'm sure sophie is telling gunner some 'amazing' story]

conner, kylie, and sophie hunter.
[jeremy and alisha's kids].

our camp.

sophie though it would be funny to lock uncle don in the bathroom.

of course, conner and ryker had to help!

don trying to get out and the kids thinking they were really funny.

the 96 crawdads the kids caught down on the boat harbor.

we had a great time and the kids thought it was the 'bomb' to have the "other" hunter cousins to play with!  kylie was great for kamryn and kendyl.  they followed her around like they were her shadow. sophie entertained us throughout the weekend.  she is such a fun little girl.  the boys loved having conner there... [some one to help them with their mischief (like they needed any help)]. 

we sat around the campfire at night and grandpa had to tell kylie, sophie and conner about "thump drag".  conner didn't want him to tell them, but sophie was all for it, until "thump drag" was

opening the screeeching door.  then she put her hands over her ears and yelled "that's enough!  i DON'T want to hear anymore!"   our grand kids have heard it so many times, that they just giggled at sophie. 

it was a bummer to have to come home, but the holiday weekend was over and work and school were waiting.