Storms, Getting ready, Fishin Poles,

Storm clouds..... Every day we've been having terrific storms roll in and cause flash floods, lightening strikes that have caused house fires and thunder that makes the houses rock. So I thought I'd video one of the systems that caught us the other afternoon. These systems are beautiful to watch after they've gone by but getting caught outside in one is definitely no fun as Jolie and I found out the other day.


Getting ready for the next camping trip. Dad and the boys have to try out the camping stuff to make sure it works properly. It was a true "man day" for my guys.

They checked out the lantern, the camp grill, the LED lantern, etc.

Now the rest of us can rest assured that all will be working properly and safely.

What I didn't get a picture of was Kristina trying to find a hole in the air mattress out in the pool. That was something to behold. For a time there I thought the air mattress was going to win! I on the other hand spent the afternoon organizing and packing up the camping stuff into a empty storage box I found in the storage room. Now all of our plates, cooking stuff, etc. is neatly in a box, ready to go!

Then it was time to test out the casting on the new reels. Parker got a fishing rod for his birthday. I didn't know what I was doing and unfortunately the rod was broken. Also the rod I picked up for Hunter. So we returned the rods, and with Dad's help, chose better rods that actually work. Below are short video's of the boys testing their skills in casting. I think we may have a couple of naturals here. Watch out! fish....