Mill Hollow

The last weekend in August we went with my little brother's family up to Mill Hollow to go camping over night and fishing the next day. It was so much fun! I am very reluctant to admit (especially for anyone who really knows us) that this is our first family camping trip with the kids and the first time that any of our kids have caught a fish! How sad is that? The truth is that I hated the thought of taking a baby camping and since our kids were so close together we went for a few years having kids that were too young (according to me). So, now a new phase in our lives begins!

Here are the kids: Lily, Corb, Gab, Mal and Quincy (Lewis is in the tent trailer)

It was the day after Corban's birthday so Jared and Casi brought him a present.
A cool truck pulling a trailer with motorcycles on it. What could be better than that?

Dad's have to be mean once in awhile and Bump and Jared had fun makin each of the kids not only touch, but hold a nightcrawler. They told the kids that they couldn't fish unless they could hold a worm. It was pretty funny! Mallory wasn't too sure, but she bucked up and held the worm with only a few squeals. (check out Lily in the background - she wasn't happy)

Gabby had no trouble with the worms, she has held them before when I am doing yard work.

Corb wasn't too sure at first, but by the time Bump was through with him he was pretty comfortable.

Lily never did hold a worm and ran screaming from her dad a few times. She was brave enough to get this close to it for a picture though. What a mean dad! :)

Mill Hollow is a beautiful reservior up in the Uintah Mountains. Bump and I have been fishing up there since high school and used to camp up there when we were first married. The lake has been closed for a few years while they worked on the dam and just re-opened this summer, so we weren't sure how the fishing would be.

Bump put on a worm for Corban and Jared put some salmon eggs on Lily's Dora fishing pole.

Within just a few minutes of casting Lily's line out she had a fish on it! She was so calm and matter-of-fact about it. Jared helped her bring it in and it was a really nice fish!

Of course, since it was the first fish caught and my kids haven't really been around fish they were all over the poor trout touching it and checking it out. It was really exciting for everyone!

So, Bump changed Corb's worm out for salmon eggs and within 2 minutes Corb had a fish on his line. I helped him bring his fish in. It was just amazing! Seriously, within just minutes of throwing out our lines there were fish on them every time!

Lily caught another fish and then let Gabby use her fishing pole. She caught one too and didn't want any help bringing it in. She worked on it herself and even brought it out of the water. I think Mallory caught one at the same time because I don't have any pictures of her fish.

After all the kids had caught a fish and we were almost up to our limit, Bump sat down and helped Quincy catch a fish too. She wasn't too sure about it and wouldn't get too close, but it was her fish! Her fish and the first one that Lily caught were the biggest of the day! Way to go little girls!

I realized when I was looking at these pictures that I don't have any of Casi or Lewis! Sorry guys! Lewis was so good the whole time and we had such a great time with all the kids. Talk about a perfect trip! We seriously fished about a half hour and every kid caught a fish, had a great time and didn't have a chance to get bored! The weather was beautiful, the stars were plentiful, the kids got filthy and explored to their hearts content, what more could you ask for?

After this trip I can't wait for more camping experiences next summer! Thanks Jared and Casi for a great time!