Father's Day Weekend

We had a great Father's Day weekend! We were unable to go to Idaho as we had origianally planned, but got to spend a couple days fishing up at Clear Lake. We all had a great time and were all wore out by Sunday night! I got to thinking the kids and I could stay longer and fish more, but I've never gutted a fish! I didn't even think to watch Dan do it so that I could learn! I was too busy reeling in the fish! Dan told me to keep fishing while he cleaned the fish! What a great guy, huh?!When we were getting the poles ready, all of the kids wanted smell the bait! EEWWWW!!

Hayden looks like he's sleeping while fishing!

Maddie even took a few minutes to try her hand at fishing. Then she was off running about her business in the woods.

Ethan caught his first fish ever! He was so proud. I told him that he caught a fish before his ol' mom had ever caught a fish! That made him even more excited.

The girls wouldn't get near the fish. They just got close enough to catch a glimpse of it! Now Hayden on the other hand, he had to touch the fish! He thought it was pretty cool!

Okay, yes this is my first fish ever! HaHa, I know I'm 31 and had never caught a fish! Seventeen minutes later, I caught my second fish! My third one of the day, got away from me! Oh by the way, Dan had said he wished he had the video camera when I caught my first fish because after I got it out of the water, it flipped off of the hook and when Dan got over to me, I was down on all fours chasing this fish!

After we got back to the cabin, I caught Haylee peeking into the cooler and slightly touching the fish with the tip of her finger! We had forgotton to bring anything to put the fish in, so we wrapped them in plates and stuck them in the kids juice box!

At this particular moment, I had told Dan I wished I had the video camera on because he fell in the Lake! Yes, he fell in! Walking along the edge in his tennis shoes and his foot sank and he toppled over into the water! I'm still laughing as I'm sitting here typing!

On day two, Ethan and his sibs built this tree fort! He was pretty proud of it. As we were getting ready to leave, I was holding a pole and Dan was yanking on the line so that we could hook the hook. Well, how many times did we keep telling the kids all weekend, "don't stand behind us", as Dan yanked the line, the hook went flying and hooked Ethan on the bottom eye lid!! No joke, it was just like a mm away from actually hooking his eyeball!! We were all freaked out! It took a bit to calm Ethan down, but he's over it. It will probably be one of those things he will never forget! Dan said he remembers hooking his dad in the lip and kept yanking on it because he couldn't figure out what the problem was!!

Day two, I caught three fish! I also had one reeled in right in front of me and he flipped off of the hook just a couple feet away, so I lost fish #4! It was an exciting trip and I can't wait to go fishing again! Hayden is anxious to catch his first fish too!