Camping and Addictions

We went camping this last weekend with my Mom's side of the family. We all met near Tyler and stayed the whole weekend. We had a great time and got to catch up with relatives we rarely see, especially now that we live in San Antonio and they all still live back up in Northeast Texas. We didn't take near enough pictures, so there isn't much evidence of the trip. Seth had a blast with his cousins- he got to jump on a huge bounce-house thing and play putt-putt and ride bikes and he even caught a fish all by himself!


A good portion of our weekend was spent playing Settlers of Catan. We have become somewhat addicted to it since Andy & Katie and Josh & Sheridan introduced us to it a couple of weekends ago. After playing it with them, Kimberly and I bought it so that we could play it with my family. And play we did. The whole weekend. If you've played the game, you know what I mean, and if you haven't, you should go out and buy it right now. We were trading sheep and ore for wheat and bricks all weekend long. In fact, when we were packing up to go, my brother-in-the-law, Justin, tried to convince me to let them keep our game. I said no, of course, he can order his own online. I can't say that Kimberly and I could go a day without it. After the boys were in bed tonight, we played two games in a row. Make fun all you want, I have no shame, anyway.




The Stringer Mob. Honestly, have you ever seen cooler cats? I didn't think so. Especially not in hats.





Blake enjoyed his first taste of beef while camping in Tyler. He literally nursed the juices out of a piece of fajita meat for half an hour. He also gnawed on it some, practicing using his new teeth, or "teefs" as we like to call them. He has one on top and one on bottom now. Maybe soon, he'll have as many teeth as Seth, who told me last month that he had "a thousand teeth."