The kids have been begging Granstan to take them fishing in the pond behind our house. The cousins were visiting on Saturday and the weather was perfect, so we decided to take them for a little while.
Granstan surprised Parker with an early birthday present before we left- a new fishing pole and tackle box! He was so excited and couldn't wait to try it out!
It took Granstan a few minutes to get everyone's pole ready, but they were all soon happily (and noisily) sitting and fishing on the bank of the pond.
Lily decided to sit in Granstan's lap while she fished and it wasn't long before she caught the first fish of the day! She was so excited but wanted nothing to do with the fish. She didn't want to touch it and it took a lot of persuading just to get her to take a picture next to her fish.
It didn't take long before she and Granstan caught another one!
Granna was the next to catch a fish, although her fish almost looked more like the minnows we were using than an actual fish!
Emily and I were next to get lucky and then Parker and Cory quickly followed with their first catches of the day.
The kids all wanted to touch Cory's fish, even if just for a second!
Eden finally enlisted the help of Granstan and soon caught one too! She was so excited and couldn't wait to tell her teacher on Monday.
Addison and Aubrey were the only ones that didn't catch anything on Saturday. (Ryan and Jon caught one on the other side of the pond and I didn't get a picture.) They were a little disappointed but we told them that we will take them back out again soon so they could try again.
Because of the perfect weather conditions, we ended up staying out at the pond for several hours. It didn't hurt that the kids were catching some fish too! I'm sure they would have lost interest a LOT quicker if nothing was biting that day!
We all had a great time and I'm so thankful for my dad for planning such a fun day for all of us! I can't wait to do it again soon!
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