The Wild.

Well we went to the cabin at Bear Flats this past weekend. 

DJ and I had been wanting to go to his cabin for months and months and after a lot of planning and coordinating of schedules we hit the road!

We were joined by the awesome Kirkland clan:

P.S. Most of these pictures were taken by the lovely Kylie.

Read her account of our trip here.

As well as the dashing Stratton couple and their wee little buddy in Sarah's tummy:

Two other couples left for the trip with us, but unfortunately their car broke down and they weren't able to make it up to the cabin. Talk about a serious bummer.

ANYWHO!

So we arrived at the cabin late on Friday night and unpacked and visited with one another for a few hours. 

We were all absolutely pooped, so we went to bed pretty early. 

It was still very cold at the cabin, so we all huddled in the living room, on couch beds and air mattresses.

On Saturday, we went shooting!

DJ inherited two .22's and a 1916 Winchester from his great grandfather. 

We shot all three of these guns for the first time in 30-40 years!

The Winchester was WILD, it was the coolest thing ever. 

Brock brought a pistol and boy that thing was beastly. It was teeny tiny, but it packed a punch!

Jon brought a crazy big shotgun and was an AWESOME shot. 

Watching him shoot the flying pigeons was so cool!

We forgot to bring earplugs, so I'm pretty sure all of our ears were bleeding by the end of it.

After shooting, we went to the Blue Hole and relaxed and went fishing.

(This is the part where I steal all of Kylie's great pictures!)

I wasn't a big fan of putting the worms on the hook, but I got the hang of it after a little while!

See: 

Sarah caught a fish literally like two minutes after she put her line in the water.

Nobody else caught a fish for a loooong time. 

"Fish-ay fish-ay."

Jon did end up catching one more fish, lucky dude.

We made a big fire that night and stayed up way too late watching a movie.

On Sunday we woke up and tried to go by Fossil Springs, but the road down to the water was closed and there was NO way we were gonna do the 4 mile (each way) hike.

So instead we ate lunch in the shade of a Wells Fargo drive thru and went and got Benny a little bit early.

Overall, a wonderful, memorable trip filled with laughter, fun, and amazing friends!

Again soon, please?