Mike, I heard a quote from Dr. Phil, and it stuck. " We're not raising children, we are raising adults." That said! You're doing it! Cherish these moments! Your boys are never going to forget these experiences, and they will cherish you for it!
Mike, my husband and used to camp a lot. When we went to bed we always changed every stitch of clothing. You perspire in your clothes during the day whether its cold or not. Dont need to go to bed in slightly damp clothing. Put on dry clothing and socks on feet. Much better sleep.
My late husband and all our family camped a lot we started camping the summer we got married in 1962 it didn't stop untill 2 years after he had a bad stroke. We made so many friends and there were so good worship services at the campgrounds that we attended every time.
I get compliments about how I spend time with my children. I find that very sad. If more parents choose to spend time with their children and be good role models, the possibilities are boundless❤ I love toasted brown marshmallows 😋
You are a great dad. Your boys will remember these camping trips, and time spent with you fondly. And it is cool to learn to respect nature.. Yes you are a great representative of how a father raIses, his children right :)
Mike I have ordered some things for the boys. The company will be sending them to you. I am the same lady that sent the jewelry to Selah. I hope you let me know that you received Selah & the boys gifts. The one toy is for the baby & the other 3 toys is for the 2 older boys to share. I hope they enjoy them. Love watching your videos & seeing how your family run your homestead.
Selah did receive the jewelry! We didn't know who sent the package thank you for letting us know. Thank you so much she had so much fun looking through all the pieces and she has been wearing them.
Agree 100%. We also need to teach our children what is the right way a man should treat his wife and women how to treat their husband in positive ways and not degrading way
It's wonderful you went on a camping trip with the boys, that will help them to develop into the men God wants them to be. God's Grace and blessings be with you all. ❤
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Not just seeing you camping with your boys, but hearing your narrative and insights. Even though you and Lacey spend almost all of your time with your kids, it truly is important to carve out time to do meaningful things with them outside of the everyday things.
There's nothing like making wonderful and loving memories with family something to cherish always💯% thanks for sharing Mike and God bless you and your family 🙏❤️
A $10.00 closed cell sleeping pad, is as important as a sleeping bag. It keeps the cold from the ground, from freezing your sleeping bag. As a boy, sleeping in a tent was a great adventure!
Hey from East Texas! I used to love camping with my Dad! I’m 67 now. My idea of camping in the Rough is Motel 6. I would NOT survive a night in a sleeping bag on the ground.
Hi, I love your videos, I feel your words and acts are always a blessing that God would want others to hear, about family and how very special family is and friends, and spending time with blessed environments and people. God you and your family!
Never made it to a campsite during the daylight hours, I came to the conclusion that it was part of the experience. But we love camping. Glad you enjoyed the time with your boys.
The best time I had ever had camping was at Twin Pines, It was really the highlight of my childhood to be able to go there and join in all the activities I could, I still miss it some40 yrs later! Great message Bless you in all you do!
Mike! Amen! Amen! I am so happy that you & the boys had this special time together! I wish there were more Dad's like you! Blessings to you for teaching your sons how to become men!
Hello Mike, I know nothing about tents or camping, but I'd hang or attach sand bags on each of those anchor poles where they go into the ground, just for extra security if the wind gets up any time while you're using the tent.. I guess you have the knowledge and skills. More than me anyway. Love 😍 tuning in to your adventures in USA from here in the UK xx xx
The metal steaks are hammered deep into the ground, and the tent is attached to it. I've ne er had a tent blow away. Even it rain storms. Thank you for the idea of sand bags.
So glad you got the chance to spend that time with the boys. Hope you can manage more trips such as these. My heart aches over time lost. This really moved me. Love you guys. We should do a picnic day at Dan Nicols, I love that park!
Me and my wife love this channel. I am glad we found it. we have are first baby on the way! its a boy! and we absolutely love watching your channel and your beautiful family enjoy nature and all that it brings. keep it up Dickson family! yall are going to go far in life. 👨🌾👩🌾
Glad you all had a good time. Nope, I cannot stand marshmallows. When I was a kid, they made me gag. I can't believe Micah is that old already! Time sure flies.
I grew up camping and fishing and mushroom hunting 😊 I liked toasting marshmallows but don't like them now as an adult. I am so grateful to have those cherished memories with my family 😊 loved this video ❤ you and Lacey are awesome parents
I am with you on the leg cramps. I have them every night-either in my calf, or thigh, or inner thigh, or toes. And I am 71 and have cramps all the time-ever since I was a kid. Sure gets tiring. Sometimes at 3 am, 5 am, and when I wake up to go to work at 630 am. Pickle juice amd mustard do nothing to ease them. So glad that you and the boys had a great time.
There is a medicine for Neuropathy and Restless leg. Works fantastic. My legs and feet was making me go into panic from the pain. Nothing natural was working. To get my quality of life back I took the prescription pills. My. Blood pressure went down also when the medicine started to work.
This was much much needed to hear. Thank you for your time and effort and your beautiful family. May the Lord continue to bless each and everyone of them as they grow into the teenage years as well as you and your beautiful wife.. The steps of a good man are ordered by the lord
That is so very true. My son wanted to go camping and I never had the time single mom. Now he is grown and in the Army. Lithuania. I wish I would have done more stuff like that with him. Glad you are doing it for your boys much love from Oklahoma
So wonderful that the boys are part of Trail Life! I first heard about it through the Bartons. You are so right about making the time for doing things like this. They grow up much too fast. Enjoy! Thanks for sharing!
I came from very large family so going to fancy baseball games, or the movies anything like that was really out. But you know my mom and dad would take us fishing for a whole day and my mother fried chicken and potato salad she always had some type of a dessert, she worked for really really hard to get this done. My dad worked hard to make sure we found a safe place that we had a little campfire if we needed it and I remember those times and they are good,good memories. FYI mom always caught the most and a lot of the times the biggest fish. ❤
When I used to tent camp, I always took a tarp that fit over the tent and lashed it down over the tent. Never had any moisture issues with dew, light or heavy rain. I also would unzip a window cover a little to help with condensation.
I just got down watching this. I want to let u know u did amazing job. U identified at the end areas that have been neglected. But what u said is so true and we need more American Citizens stipulate more on this topic. Thank-u for giving well deserved topics that Americans need. I Bless u and your Family. Thank-U, Thank-U, God Bless u & your Family 🇺🇸 Wishing u & your Family all the best🇺🇸
Mike NO!!! to Marshmallows. YES TO FAMILY CAMPING. GLORY BE TO GOD HALLELUJAH 🙏 I kept my shoes inside the tent. Didn't like stepping into wet shoes. It's very important to have family time. It's good to have both parents home together serving GOD. SE MICHIGAN 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏
Great video and message, but I will say as long as you have good quality sleeping bags, taking your clothes off inside the sleeping bag is better than bundling up. When you wake your clothes will be warm as you put them on, inside the sleeping bag and coming out into a cold environment wearing warm clothes. I learned this trick while in the Marines during boot camp along with the benefits of a sleeping pad of some kind. Maybe on the next trip you guys could do some fishing, that would be fun to watch.
🤔 Aww man you gotta have a foot inflatable air mattress and a stocking cap/ skully cap to sleep in. I get the best sleep ever that way. I’m not an avid camper but I do camp ⛺️ at least 3 or 4 times a year. I also make sure to put a tarp under my tent to keep the bottom of it clean and I also scotch guard my tent at least once a year to help it be resistant to rain/moisture. What you are doing is great. That education , that bonding is important.
I took my kids camping every summer for at least 2 weeks fully roughing it. All our meals except supper on friday night were cooked on the campfire. I ncluding bread, rolls, desserts and snacks. On friday we went to a local towns restaurant that had an "all you can eat fish fry." Most of the other families cooked burgers or hot dogs for their 2 or 3 day camping trip. We had omlettes, french toast, pancakes, fried eggs with bacon or sausage or ham. Lunch was more of things like burgers or hot dogs or grilled cheese or subs. And suppers were beef stew over rice, steak & baked potatoes, we like pork steak better than chops, and grilled chicken, or a beef roast with mashed potatoes & gravy. We had blueberry bread, dinner rolls, biscuits & gravy, pumpkin bread. An apple pie or blueberry or cherry pie. Popcorn, roasted marshmallows, S'mores, french fries. Elephant ears with or without the sugar & cinnamon or the fruit pie filling toppings. We also had a rainy day box that could only be used on rainy days. It had everything to craft with construction paper, glue, wiggly eyes, stickers, stamps, colored pipe cleaners, tongue depressers, scissors that cut straight, waves, wiggles, V's. v's, U's, W's, circle cutters, hole punches, rulers, cotton balls, Q-tips, markers, paint & paint brushes, word search books for kids, note paper to write letters, colored pencils, colored ink pens, just about anything. Plus story books. We took softball items, basketball. Soccer ball, fishing equipment. And volleyball/badmitton net & equipment. A trailer full of wood, axe, hatchet, maul & wedges. And the kids bikes, and my camping kitchen tote & fire/cooking racks. And 1 exlarge rolling bag for each child with clothes, swimsuitS and beach towels & lifejackets. Smaller bags for adults. It took 1 full size conversion van for people, clothes bags & food and the dog. 1 pickup truck & trailer for sports equipment, wood items, bikes, wood, kitchen totes and tent tarps and outdoor rug.
God Almighty bless you Fit farmer and your beautiful wife , daughter and handsome children, Proverbs 10:22 ❤️❤️❤️ i wanna see the girl go out for baking and cookimg classes with her Mom too
Good trip with your older sons Mike and the Trail group. I would recommend a camping pad or air mattress, pillows and take clothes off at night and put dry ones on and fresh socks. Then sleep better and a cap to keep head warm. Extra blanket inside sleeping bag. I have to have a camping cot. Cant get up and down off the ground easily. Lantern and flashlights good. We all kids and my mama sometime always went camping and fishing. My dad bought great big family tent. I remember how fun and relaxing to get away in nature. Great memories with my dad, irreplaceable. I was a tom girl too. Your older son looks just like his sister! Love the whole family❤🎉😊🙏💟✝️😊💖 Praying and God Bless!
I don’t like store bought marshmallows at all; however, I made homemade marshmallows once and they were fabulous! I couldn’t believe the difference in the taste.
Mike, I heard a quote from Dr. Phil, and it stuck.
" We're not raising children, we are raising adults."
That said! You're doing it!
Cherish these moments!
Your boys are never going to forget these experiences, and they will cherish you for it!
Agree mike and Lacy yall great parents❤
Mike, my husband and used to camp a lot. When we went to bed we always changed every stitch of clothing. You perspire in your clothes during the day whether its cold or not. Dont need to go to bed in slightly damp clothing. Put on dry clothing and socks on feet. Much better sleep.
My late husband and all our family camped a lot we started camping the summer we got married in 1962 it didn't stop untill 2 years after he had a bad stroke. We made so many friends and there were so good worship services at the campgrounds that we attended every time.
Mike you are a wonderful dad. I love the way you always stick to your principles.
Time spent with family is very precious
I get compliments about how I spend time with my children. I find that very sad. If more parents choose to spend time with their children and be good role models, the possibilities are boundless❤
I love toasted brown marshmallows 😋
Sounds like fun with your kids. You’re a great dad to have this time with them as they are young to enjoy and remember these precious moments.
Agree
You are a great dad. Your boys will remember these camping trips, and time spent with you fondly. And it is cool to learn to respect nature..
Yes you are a great representative of how a father raIses, his children right :)
Mike brother! Love the time you spend with your growing young men! God bless your entire family is the true blessing. Later Mike
Mike I have ordered some things for the boys. The company will be sending them to you. I am the same lady that sent the jewelry to Selah. I hope you let me know that you received Selah & the boys gifts. The one toy is for the baby & the other 3 toys is for the 2 older boys to share. I hope they enjoy them. Love watching your videos & seeing how your family run your
homestead.
Selah did receive the jewelry! We didn't know who sent the package thank you for letting us know. Thank you so much she had so much fun looking through all the pieces and she has been wearing them.
Yes and I love seeing/catching up with this family…🤗🙏✝️
I love your Heart Mike!!!!! You are a wonderful dad and husband. God bless you and your family. Sandy Stokes
Agree 100%. We also need to teach our children what is the right way a man should treat his wife and women how to treat their husband in positive ways and not degrading way
It's wonderful you went on a camping trip with the boys, that will help them to develop into the men God wants them to be. God's Grace and blessings be with you all. ❤
You’re a great dad, Mike. So glad y’all had a good time.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Not just seeing you camping with your boys, but hearing your narrative and insights. Even though you and Lacey spend almost all of your time with your kids, it truly is important to carve out time to do meaningful things with them outside of the everyday things.
There's nothing like making wonderful and loving memories with family something to cherish always💯% thanks for sharing Mike and God bless you and your family 🙏❤️
Time and love is what kids need..so many parents sadly miss the importance of sharing that time.
A $10.00 closed cell sleeping pad, is as important as a sleeping bag. It keeps the cold from the ground, from freezing your sleeping bag. As a boy, sleeping in a tent was a great adventure!
Sleeping on your left side-big health plus!!🤗
You sound like a wise father , your children will thank you when they are adults . God bless you and your family .
Enjoy your videos and enjoy watching. May the lord bless and protect you and your boys camping
I never cared for marshmallows either, except on s’mores. Wonderful that you spend time with your kids.
No marshmallows 🤢
I'm glad you got to go camping with the boys. It's never wrong to check on the home front!!!
Making memories ❤🥰❤
Hey from East Texas! I used to love camping with my Dad! I’m 67 now. My idea of camping in the Rough is Motel 6. I would NOT survive a night in a sleeping bag on the ground.
Trail life should be part of every family life. Great fun, and adventures :)
I loved this episode. It’s wonderful to see you take time for your kids. Family is truly the center of your life.
You and Lacy are wonderful teachers . Your caring attitudes come through in every video. Your children will follow your example. Great job ! ❤️🙏
❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 very true
Oh I loved this bonding trip of you and your sons❤️
The only reason we get out of our sleeping bags in the morning…gotta pee!!!
Hi, I love your videos, I feel your words and acts are always a blessing that God would want others to hear, about family and how very special family is and friends, and spending time with blessed environments and people. God you and your family!
Never made it to a campsite during the daylight hours, I came to the conclusion that it was part of the experience. But we love camping. Glad you enjoyed the time with your boys.
Amen Amen Amen!! Mike you’re awesome, my boys are older now, but I wish that they’d had a great dad like U!
Thank you for sharing your time with your boys. God bless and keep you in your comings and goings. ❤️🙏🏽
The best time I had ever had camping was at Twin Pines, It was really the highlight of my childhood to be able to go there and join in all the activities I could, I still miss it some40 yrs later! Great message Bless you in all you do!
Mike! Amen! Amen! I am so happy that you & the boys had this special time together! I wish there were more Dad's like you! Blessings to you for teaching your sons how to become men!
Hello Mike, I know nothing about tents or camping, but I'd hang or attach sand bags on each of those anchor poles where they go into the ground, just for extra security if the wind gets up any time while you're using the tent.. I guess you have the knowledge and skills. More than me anyway. Love 😍 tuning in to your adventures in USA from here in the UK xx xx
The metal steaks are hammered deep into the ground, and the tent is attached to it.
I've ne er had a tent blow away.
Even it rain storms. Thank you for the idea of sand bags.
Well said Mike. Take time for each other. 😊🌻🌷👍
You spoke so good I wish today’s society would take heed to what you had spoke about today
So glad you got the chance to spend that time with the boys. Hope you can manage more trips such as these. My heart aches over time lost. This really moved me. Love you guys. We should do a picnic day at Dan Nicols, I love that park!
Hi..... Mike Dickson and Lacy and all of you Love watching your video homestead beautiful great good job BYE
Me and my wife love this channel. I am glad we found it. we have are first baby on the way! its a boy! and we absolutely love watching your channel and your beautiful family enjoy nature and all that it brings. keep it up Dickson family! yall are going to go far in life. 👨🌾👩🌾
I appreciate you and your family.
Glad you all had a good time. Nope, I cannot stand marshmallows. When I was a kid, they made me gag. I can't believe Micah is that old already! Time sure flies.
I grew up camping and fishing and mushroom hunting 😊 I liked toasting marshmallows but don't like them now as an adult. I am so grateful to have those cherished memories with my family 😊 loved this video ❤ you and Lacey are awesome parents
Mike camping is awesome glad you made time😊
I love the family camping!! And I have anxiety anyways but I understand the emotional roller coaster it can be
I am with you on the leg cramps. I have them every night-either in my calf, or thigh, or inner thigh, or toes. And I am 71 and have cramps all the time-ever since I was a kid. Sure gets tiring. Sometimes at 3 am, 5 am, and when I wake up to go to work at 630 am. Pickle juice amd mustard do nothing to ease them. So glad that you and the boys had a great time.
There is a medicine for Neuropathy and Restless leg. Works fantastic. My legs and feet was making me go into panic from the pain. Nothing natural was working. To get my quality of life back I took the prescription pills. My. Blood pressure went down also when the medicine started to work.
My doc recommends a shot glass of tonic water at bedtime for leg cramps-and it works!
Magnesium Malate Dr recommended. Daily
@@tricia9569 I'll have to try that. Right now I take iron, and had taken potassium, but then my potassium count was off of the chart.
@@Zombie-adventures I may have to try that, too.
A very wonderful time with your boys. Such great bonding time. So glad you did this camping trip. 😊👋💞
That’s an amazing thing for the boys camping trip with dad;
Beautiful video. Very loving.
This was much much needed to hear. Thank you for your time and effort and your beautiful family. May the Lord continue to bless each and everyone of them as they grow into the teenage years as well as you and your beautiful wife.. The steps of a good man are ordered by the lord
That is so very true. My son wanted to go camping and I never had the time single mom. Now he is grown and in the Army. Lithuania. I wish I would have done more stuff like that with him. Glad you are doing it for your boys much love from Oklahoma
How fun for those boys and a great learning adventure!
Love this! You are a beautiful family! Thankyou for sharing!🙏🤗❤️🙌🏻
Very precious family 🙏 amen.god bless you all .
Love marshmallows ❤ my kids would snarf them up so fast. I would have to hide them so we'd have some for cocoa.
thanx
Thanks for sharing this special time with the boys
Enjoyed watchin,glad you had a great outside camp trip😊👍💜🇱🇷
So wonderful that the boys are part of Trail Life! I first heard about it through the Bartons. You are so right about making the time for doing things like this. They grow up much too fast. Enjoy! Thanks for sharing!
I came from very large family so going to fancy baseball games, or the movies anything like that was really out. But you know my mom and dad would take us fishing for a whole day and my mother fried chicken and potato salad she always had some type of a dessert, she worked for really really hard to get this done. My dad worked hard to make sure we found a safe place that we had a little campfire if we needed it and I remember those times and they are good,good memories. FYI mom always caught the most and a lot of the times the biggest fish. ❤
Hello brother Farmer awesome family you have and your video was awesome God Bless you and your family Amen
I Luv Duct tape. Always keep some in my car, camping gear and tool box.
When I used to tent camp, I always took a tarp that fit over the tent and lashed it down over the tent. Never had any moisture issues with dew, light or heavy rain. I also would unzip a window cover a little to help with condensation.
I just got down watching this. I want to let u know u did amazing job. U identified at the end areas that have been neglected. But what u said is so true and we need more American Citizens stipulate more on this topic. Thank-u for giving well deserved topics that Americans need.
I Bless u and your Family. Thank-U, Thank-U, God Bless u & your Family 🇺🇸 Wishing u & your Family all the best🇺🇸
Mike NO!!! to
Marshmallows.
YES TO FAMILY
CAMPING.
GLORY BE TO GOD HALLELUJAH 🙏 I kept my shoes inside the tent. Didn't like stepping into wet shoes.
It's very important to have family time. It's good to have both parents home together serving GOD.
SE MICHIGAN 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏
Thanks for sharing.
Your a great Dad.
Hey, you guys were only a couple miles from me. I'm in Denton. We go to Dan Nichols all the time.
Beautiful show!!!
Great video and message, but I will say as long as you have good quality sleeping bags, taking your clothes off inside the sleeping bag is better than bundling up. When you wake your clothes will be warm as you put them on, inside the sleeping bag and coming out into a cold environment wearing warm clothes. I learned this trick while in the Marines during boot camp along with the benefits of a sleeping pad of some kind. Maybe on the next trip you guys could do some fishing, that would be fun to watch.
Great trip!
🤔 Aww man you gotta have a foot inflatable air mattress and a stocking cap/ skully cap to sleep in. I get the best sleep ever that way. I’m not an avid camper but I do camp ⛺️ at least 3 or 4 times a year. I also make sure to put a tarp under my tent to keep the bottom of it clean and I also scotch guard my tent at least once a year to help it be resistant to rain/moisture.
What you are doing is great. That education , that bonding is important.
Magnesium and marshmallows... yummy.
Hi guys hope all is well!😊
Very nice outing ❤
Love the bond you have with your boys❤❤
In general I'm not a fan of marshmallows, but I do like one or two nice golden brown. I can do without the whole smores thing.
❤❤❤❤❤were is your daughter, i miss seeing her...all your children are wonderful.😊😊😊😊😊😊
Priceless adventure👍🏻
I took my kids camping every summer for at least 2 weeks fully roughing it. All our meals except supper on friday night were cooked on the campfire. I ncluding bread, rolls, desserts and snacks. On friday we went to a local towns restaurant that had an "all you can eat fish fry."
Most of the other families cooked burgers or hot dogs for their 2 or 3 day camping trip. We had omlettes, french toast, pancakes, fried eggs with bacon or sausage or ham. Lunch was more of things like burgers or hot dogs or grilled cheese or subs. And suppers were beef stew over rice, steak & baked potatoes, we like pork steak better than chops, and grilled chicken, or a beef roast with mashed potatoes & gravy. We had blueberry bread, dinner rolls, biscuits & gravy, pumpkin bread. An apple pie or blueberry or cherry pie. Popcorn, roasted marshmallows, S'mores, french fries. Elephant ears with or without the sugar & cinnamon or the fruit pie filling toppings.
We also had a rainy day box that could only be used on rainy days. It had everything to craft with construction paper, glue, wiggly eyes, stickers, stamps, colored pipe cleaners, tongue depressers, scissors that cut straight, waves, wiggles, V's. v's, U's, W's, circle cutters, hole punches, rulers, cotton balls, Q-tips, markers, paint & paint brushes, word search books for kids, note paper to write letters, colored pencils, colored ink pens, just about anything. Plus story books.
We took softball items, basketball. Soccer ball, fishing equipment. And volleyball/badmitton net & equipment. A trailer full of wood, axe, hatchet, maul & wedges. And the kids bikes, and my camping kitchen tote & fire/cooking racks. And 1 exlarge rolling bag for each child with clothes, swimsuitS and beach towels & lifejackets. Smaller bags for adults. It took 1 full size conversion van for people, clothes bags & food and the dog. 1 pickup truck & trailer for sports equipment, wood items, bikes, wood, kitchen totes and tent tarps and outdoor rug.
Well said, always enjoy your videos❤
God Almighty bless you Fit farmer and your beautiful wife , daughter and handsome children, Proverbs 10:22 ❤️❤️❤️ i wanna see the girl go out for baking and cookimg classes with her Mom too
Blessings to you all
I have tent camped and of course in senior years we can finally afford a camper....zip lock bags and a tub keep clothes dry and bug free❤
Nice video.
Mike get some Hylands leg cramp tabs they are the best and for muscle spasms.
Absolutely love your family
Love Dan Nicholas Park.
I get some of those scented 🎄 trees and hang them in our tent when we camp..lol..😊
Can we get another update on how the training is coming along with the new dog watching over the livestock.
Awesome!!! Keep it up!
I only like marshmallows when they are toasted.
Good trip with your older sons Mike and the Trail group. I would recommend a camping pad or air mattress, pillows and take clothes off at night and put dry ones on and fresh socks. Then sleep better and a cap to keep head warm. Extra blanket inside sleeping bag. I have to have a camping cot. Cant get up and down off the ground easily. Lantern and flashlights good. We all kids and my mama sometime always went camping and fishing. My dad bought great big family tent. I remember how fun and relaxing to get away in nature. Great memories with my dad, irreplaceable. I was a tom girl too. Your older son looks just like his sister! Love the whole family❤🎉😊🙏💟✝️😊💖 Praying and God Bless!
I don’t like store bought marshmallows at all; however, I made homemade marshmallows once and they were fabulous! I couldn’t believe the difference in the taste.
No marshmallows by themselves. But on a s’more, yes.
Good evening😊
loved this
Love the message.
No Marshmallows for me either😊