Little Shadow

McKay helping Grandpa Bill mow the lawn

 

Happy Lawnmower

Logan bearcrawling to get a strawberry

Fishing- Part Two

After our "delightful" fishing trip, Matt was determined to redeem fishing.  This time, I convienately had to stay back with Logan so Matt took McKay and his Dad to Maple Lake.  The boys had a great time and even caught a few fishes.  McKay was so proud of his first catch and caught on to the fisherman ways pretty quick.  The fish he caught was about 8 inches but the next day when my dad asked him how big his fish was he stretched his arms out as wide as could be and said, "It was THIS big A-pa!"  He was so proud!  The boys enjoyed themselves and Logan and I had a great afternoon nap- the best of both worlds!

McKay's first catch

Fishing- A true story

So I thought it would be a fun family Saturday activity to go to Payson Lakes for the day, take a lunch and go fishing.  I had never been fishing and thought it sounded like fun for the boys.  Sounds good doesn't it?  Well by the time we got everything ready Saturday morning, we got off to a late start.  By the time we got to the lake everyone was hungry and ready for lunch.  We ate enjoyed lunch and then...well have you ever tried to keep a 10 month old still?  Logan wanted to crawl everywhere and eat every rock, stick, and bug in sight- I hate being dirty or having my boys be all dirty...so that was frustrating.  So I decided to take the boys to walk around the lake while Matt enjoyed a few peaceful moments fishing.  We had a good walk but as we got back McKay had to go the bathroom.  And he refused to do it in those outhouses.  The lake was filled with people so we couldn't just hide behind a tree.  He is crying he has to go the bathroom.  Logan is crying because I won't let him crawl around and eat rocks.  I am about in tears because I am sick of both of them crying.  And Matt is mad because he hasn't caught a fish yet (it didn't help that McKay kept playing and messing up his fishing pole).  Needless to say we were all onery and desperately needed to leave.  Matt loaded up the car and we all drove home- oh did I mention we had to throw out Logan's pacifier so he cried most of the way home?  Yes, I had a wonderful first fishing experience.  Matt keeps telling me I have to give it one more chance before I give it up for good but I'm not quite sure.  I took a couple pictures when we first got there but then I was to frustrated to take any more so here are our happy moments on our first (and most likely only) family fishing adventure.

Getting their poles baited

McKay digging with is fishing pole in the water...

The fisherman

Cute little guy

Photo Shoot

I told McKay for my birthday I wanted a cute picture of him and Logan together so I dressed them in their cute summer clothes and bribed with goldfish to get them to sit still.  Well they sat still but they looked everywhere but at me...oh well.  Out of the dozens of pictures I took, here are the ones that are actually pretty fun.

...and they're done!