Fishing & Swimming

We've been enjoying the beautiful summer weather the past few weekends. The nice thing about having kids that wake up around 6:00 a.m. is that we are ready and out of the house to begin our adventures very early. In fact we usually show up at places on Saturday mornings and no one else is around. We love this! We get in and out before it gets too hot and busy.

Samuel has been wanting to go to this fishing pond for so long. He was very excited about trying to catch a fish.

This was Isaac trying out the lure on himself - don't worry it doesn't have a hook on it!

Isaac was just making me laugh because he tries so hard to copy what the other kids are doing.

Bella with daddy's pole. It's just a little big for her!

So we didn't have much luck on this trip. Samuel was having a fit because he didn't catch a fish. He did get one strike and Chuck tried to help him get it in, but it got away. Uncle Brady would have been giving the lecture on setting the hook! I got this lecture from him countless times growing up!!

This weekend we took the kids to the lake. Isaac's been getting a little better with the water. He really enjoyed playing in the water and the mud.

This is what happens when your husband is a Civil Engineer with an emphasis in Water Systems - he brings a big shovel and bucket to the lake to build a sand castle and canal to float a toy boat to the lake. This is the boys getting started on the big project.

More digging.

Even Isaac got in on the digging action.

Now everyone, but me, was digging. I was content to sit in my chair and take pictures. I sure wish I had brought a book and my nice camera - this project took quite awhile!

Building the canal to the lake.

Filling up the castle with water and watching the boat make it's way to the water.

Success!

They floated the boat several times to the lake then slowly destroyed the creation. Chuck was teaching Samuel all about erosion, deposition and sedimentation. Chuck just loves the science of water and apparently so does Samuel!