Bearlake

Izak and Kristen building castles.

Oliver was such a kick he absolutly loved camping and the lake. The entire time he ran around with his HUGE dimple grin on his face. He was a riot to watch

Mud fight!! Run girls run

Sorry for the giant gap and I am now out of editing time. TAKE YOUR TIME AND LOOK AT ALL THE PICS. There are alot but I can never choose just one

This weekend I finally got brave and gave in to Everyone and went camping. We have not been since we had the twins. We left Friday at 2 and came home Sunday night. We went up to Bearlake with the Towers and the Wallaces (minus Brant)..yes Kristen went camping without her honey. I was so impressed she set up and took down her own camp. That is a tough chick if you ask me. Anyway we got there and were set up by around 6pm. Roscoe had a Sandhill crane tag so he and Ben then headed out to scout there hunting area before it was to dark (since this was one of our purposes for camping this weekend in the first place). Needless to say it was a hard evening for me and I thought what the hell was i thinking, this is to much with 5 kids 2 being twins. The 3 boys cried all night and it was freezing so there pretty much was no sleep for any of us in our tent the first night. The second day though was way better and we all had a blast! We played at the beach and the girls went tubing I don't have pics of them since I was not on the boat. That night the boys and everyone else slept great so Sunday was an even better day. We again went down to the beach and hung out until it was time to head out and go shooting before heading home. Cyndell is taking hunter safety classes with her dad so she can "offically" hunt on the duck hunts instead of just retrieving or finishing off the birds with the bebe gun. We needed to let her get in some practice before the shooting test next week. We had a really good time after the first night and the kids all had a great time. I actually look forward to camping next summer, but in warmer weather where the kids don't have to wear coats in the morning and at night.

Ben, Zane, Jager. These boys are good buddies they are only 6 days apart. Ben Carried them like this down to the lake. Don't you love Jagers smile?!Hold my hand brotherOliver Rhianan,and Oscar they are 13 days apart.Oliver enjoying the mudOscar having a mud party tooOliver loved kicking the ball up and down the beach.Jager and zane targeting shooting just like their daddiesKristen, Nicole and LindsayCyndell, Izak, Zane,Rhianan, Lillian, Oliver, Oscar and Jager all the little ones

So on our way out we saw some cranes in a field so we stopped at a nearby gas station and got permission to shoot them on this guys land. This Roscoe being directed by Ben with walkie talkies on his belly to the cranes. They ended up getting to close to a home he didn't get one but it was great entertainment watching him chase them on his belly. Cyndell practicingHere she is using Bens 410 wich is what she will use when she is duck hunting. I was way proud of her because that gun kicks and she took it and kept on taking it. The first time she shot it she was not expecting it to kick so after it went off sh etook a step back and her eyes got huge and her jaw about hit the dirt. It was so hilarious I wish I would have had that moment on camera. Good times!!I hit every target I was aiming for. Scopes Kick butt!

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