First Fish

 

We happen to have a few small ponds behind our subdivision.  We have taken many walks around what the kids call "the goose pond" and have even watched daddy fish on a few occasions.  On this visit we took the kids to catch their first fish.  We met up with Uncle Curt, Aunt Shayla, and Dax to enjoy some beautiful fishing weather.  Wyatt was the first to snag a fish.  He and daddy were so excited as they reeled in their catch.  It was a small bluegill and, as you can see from the pictures, Wyatt was quite proud.  Funny thing was that as they were reeling the fish in the reel quit working.  As Wyatt was "reeling" in his fish, daddy was pulling the line to actually bring the fish in.  Shortly after the excitement of Wyatt's fish, mommy and Avery snagged her first catch.  The excitement was even more than Wyatt's as Avery jumped and squirmed as she reeled in her first big catch.  However, upon seeing the fish coming up out of the water onto the shore, she freaked.  Crying and holding ensued, but we did manage to snap a picture of Avery with her catch.  Heehee - sneaky mom and dad!  If you take a look at the final picture you can see that she soon got over her fear and was making faces at her fish!  Here's to many more summer days of slimy worms, scaly fish, and growing fishermen!