Camping Fun!!!

We finally had a weekend we didn't have any other commitments and the weather decided to calm down for a night so we went to Lousiville State Rec. for some Loveless Family fun!! And we had some fun! We spent most the time fishing and hanging out as family! Two things our family really loves to do!!
Porter reeling in a big one!! Well for him it was a big one. He loved touching the fish after we caught them. I think Ty has raised another fishermen!

The boys had a lot of fun playing on the beach. We forgot to bring swimsuits and towels so they didn't get to go swimming, but Landen did hike up his shorts so he could go out into the water.

Can you tell what this was supposed to be?? We had so much fun catching fish that I forgot to keep an eye on dinner. Once we decided that the food was not going to be edible Ty decided to fire up the jeep and go into town to get hamburgers, hot dogs and some yummy shakes. I was pretty excited that I burnt dinner after he brought the shakes back. It was a really warm day.

We had a lot of fun fishing. We caught a lot of white bass and sun fish. We also caught a catfish.
Landen helping Porter reel in a fish.

The boys had so much fun crawling in and out of the tent and jumping on the air mattress.

Week in review!!

So as you can tell I am playing catch up once again. We have just had way to much fun to sit at the computer and blog about it, but today it is windy and looks like its going to rain so it has become a perfect day to write about our past week. Lets start with last night and then it goes backwards. (Sorry if you get confused. I know you just want to the see the pictures anyways.) We had an eventful night starting around 5:30 P.M. the tornado sirens went off. Oh the joys of living in Nebraska. We had just came in from playing in the swimming pool and it started to down poor. I looked at Ty asked if we should got to the Rocknak's (they have a basement we don't) he grabbed Landen and I grabbed Porter and away we ran in the rain. We got there and we were soaked. The Brooks came over and we had a little dinner party. One that Tera wasn't planning on hosting, but she did very well. Thanks so much for being so willing to help out our family!! We stayed there until the sirens went off and we checked the weather forecast. We had a 3 hour break in between storms. We came home started to get ready to give the boys a bath. (They were still in their swim suits) and Ty needed to go to the Church to make sure none of the boys showed up to Scouts and if they did to tell them it was canceled due to the weather. So instead of bathing the boys we all went to the church. We stayed for a little over an hour then came home bathed the boys and where getting ready for bed. Ty was doing homework and was watching the weather forecast (the only thing on T.V. when the weather gets bad here) and mentioned that round two was about to start. Just then Tera knocked on our door to let us know that it was about to start again. So once again we grabbed the boys this time we grabbed blankets and pillows and away we ran. Ty dropped Landen off and ran home again to get an air mattress and pack-n-play and we camped out in Rocknak's basement along with the Brooks family for a little while. I fell asleep so I don't know what time they left at. It rained so hard the road looked like a little river. Unfortunately in all this I didn't remember my camera, but it was a sight to see. Tera might post some pictures so check out her blog. I am so grateful for wonderful neighbors!! We are really going to miss you guys when you leave!!!

Monday night we went to the Rocknak's for Family Night. Once again a neighborhood party!! They bought this huge waterslide waterpark and we got to play on it. Landen wasn't the biggest fan of the slides in fact he told us he was scared of them. Porter thought it was fun until he hit the cold water then he would make a really funny face, but boy oh boy watch out Ty was in heaven. Running around chasing the kids, trying to get the adults wet. He was just like a little kid again. We all had so much fun!! Thanks so much for sharing with us!!!




Sunday night was such a nice night that all the neighbors came out and we all sat around and chatted while our kids got to play together. As you can tell from the pictures my boys are really out numbered here. I believe there was 8 girls and 3 boys, but that didn't seem to bother them they both had a lot of fun. And once again what is a party with out some treats?? We broke out the oreos, animal crackers, and pretzels and the kids went to town. It is so nice to have such great neighbors.

And of course no swimming party wouldn't be complete with out a treat after. Besides its family tradition right Grandma and Grandpa Barker!

Friday was a really nice day so we set up Porter's swimming pool that we got him for his Birthday and the whole family had a lot of fun in it all after noon.

Thursday we had a tornado watch all night. It rained really hard and that was the worst of it for us.

Wednesday we had the missionaries and some friends over for dinner. This is how much fun Porter had!! He didn't even make it through dinner.