Our Weekend

We loaded up the camper this weekend and headed out to Canton, TX.  This was our second time to take the camper out and everyone had a blast.  We had a few mishaps with the camper such as the fridge and the a/c not working properly but we were able to somewhat fix the a/c.  So glad they were able to get that working because it was HOT!!  Maddie went swimming for the first time and Mason learned how to "swim."  He was able to swim from person to person with the water wings on.  He got tired of the water wings at one point and wanted to take them off.  He had to stay on the step next to Nini and I said that would be ok.  Nini turned her head for one second and Mason decided to jump off the step without his water wings.  He immediately goes under wanter and Nini scooped him up.  He came up out of the water like it was no big deal.  I was just sure he would be coughing up water and crying.  Nope he wanted to do it again.  We are definately going to be signing up for swim lessons next year.  Maddie loved the pool.  She just sat in her little float and stared at everyone, occasionally grinning.

We also did a little fishing.  Mason will tell you he caught a fish but daddy did most of the work.  Mark did the more serious fishing.  He stayed up late both nights and caught some pretty big catfish.  The first night he caught a 9.2 pounder and a 7.8 pounder.  The second night I attempted to fish with him, while ZuZu stayed with the kids.  We waited and waited and waited.  I called it quits after about an hour of zero bites.  Mark wanted to cast out a few more times.  Just when he was about to give up he got a bite.  That fish ended up wrapping the line around the dock and breaking the line.  We couldn't go in at the point.  So he set up again and almost immediately got another bite.  He wrestled with that fish for a good five minutes.  This one was 8.4 pounds.  I am glad that I did not get any bites because I'm pretty sure my pole would have ended up in the pond.  Those fish are feisty and strong.

Sunday we came home and ended the night with haircuts for the boys.  Mason wanted to cut daddy's hair, so Mark agreed.  The only way he could get Mason to sit still was to bribe him with playing outside with the water guns after the haircut.

Maddie and I sat in the wagon and enjoyed watching the boys play!