Father/Son Overnighter

Bryan took the boys on the Father/Son Overnighter out at the Valk Ranch. It was Parker's first time! They set up their tent, explored, fished in the pond (or attempted to, but never caught anything) and then ended the evening with a fireside. They built a huge bonfire and gathered around. One of the guy's from our ward had his dad come dressed as a "wild man" and talked to them about the early pioneers and the priesthood (or something like that. I wasn't there and Bryan's not the best about remembering details.) Anyhow he had a gun and fired it off which scared the heck out of Parker. He's very sensitive to noise so then he was kind of clingy for the rest of the meeting. Once the fireside was over, Bryan tucked them in and they all went to bed. So Parker was already scared when he went to bed. In the middle of the night, Bryan woke up and reached over to Parker to see if he was still covered and doing well. He was covered all right. He had the sleeping bag pulled up over his head and he said, "Hi Daddy," surprising the heck out of Bryan. He pulled him over to his sleeping bag and he could feel he was slightly damp. Parker had been awake for hours, huddled up in his sleeping bag, so scared he was sweating. I think all the strange frog and cricket noises were freaking him out. Bryan felt so bad. He held him tight, but Parker still didn't even settle down and fall asleep for a while. I felt terrible when he relayed that story to me. He's so sensitive to noise! Poor boy!