Bridger Lake

Our family went camping last week at Bridger Lake.  We had such a good time. It was great to get away from all the daily distractions and spend time together as a family.  We spent lots of time biking, fishing, throwing rocks into the lake and playing games together.  We had lots of yummy dutch oven cooking, and our favorite part, smores by the fire.  

I am fairly confident that Travis' favorite part of the trip was his daily afternoon nap with Gavin.

Tyler learned to bait his own hook this year.  He was really grossed out at first, but by the end of the trip, he was an old pro!

Emily loved riding her bike around the lake and tossing rocks onto the lily pads.  On the first day, she outfished Travis and the boys!  

One morning as we were fishing, Gavin was particularly stubborn.  He insisted on holding his own fishing pole.  Travis finally gave in and figured it would be easier to replace a broken pole than to fight him over it.  Travis would cast his line out and Gavin would reel it in as fast as he possibly could.  Gavin started saying "Daddy, fish!  Daddy, fish!"  Travis glanced over to see a fish flopping around on the bank.  He had actually hooked his own fish and reeled it in all by himself.  We were all so proud!