Spring Gobblers

Well I'm back. I have spent the last several days preparing for, and taking my oldest son on the Missouri Youth Spring Turkey Hunt. We had an absolute blast from the tornado sirens sending us out of our camp site to a nearby tornado shelter right down to packing up our tents to drive home. Much of our time was spent either in the woods or down at the lake but that wasn't the best part for me... while I absolutely love teaching my son to hunt, and I was thrilled to watch him get excited as the gobblers would gobble back at our calls... the best part was the one on one time I got to spend with him talking, laughing and sharing our lives. It sure seems like our daily lives simply don't contain that kind of interaction. Of this realization I am saddened. I should be capitalizing on time spent in conversation with my children on a daily basis, yet life often seems to have me preoccupied with other things.
I am thankful for my trip, and more awakened to my own need to spend time with him in normal life. I hope this trip will hold special memories for him, but I hope more that the rest of our time together as he grows into a young man and adulthood will hold more and fonder memories of his dad than this one weekend does!
See you with more exciting post as I get back to my normal routine... oh ya, I guess I will spend the next few weeks getting ready for my turkey hunting trip... I love spring time!