Wister Lake

This last weekend Sarge's uncle and aunt came down for a visit.  He's an avid fisherman, so we took him out to go fishing.  We found a beautiful spot over by Wister Lake.

The kids were excited to get started.

He didn't care what he caught, as long as he had his boots and glasses.

Learning from the pro.

After a little bit, we headed over to the docks.  This one had a sign posted that said "No swimming, no wading and no shin allowed."  We think it meant no fishing, but since we all still have our shins we decided to move over to the other dock ;)

By this point she was really bored and didn't want to be fishing anymore.  But since I don't have a license, I have to have a kid by me to pretend I'm fishing.

She finally cheered up when we headed over to the playground.  It was full of things that spin (and make you dizzy and nauseous)

This one was easy to get stuck in and hard to stop spinning.  I had to have Junior help me stop it and let me out.

I'm so thankful we live in an area that has so much to offer for family fun.

Gone Fishin'

I was watching an episode of MASH the other night.  It's the one where Colonel Potter is musing what he's going to do when the war is over and he finally gets home.  He says he's going to hang a shingle with Doc Potter on one side and Gone Fishin' on the other.  And the only side that will ever be seen is the one that says Gone Fishin'.

We took a break from getting things organized/ set- up the other morning and took the kids (Sweet Pea stayed with grandma!) fishing.  We headed over to a friend's pasture pond and set the kids up.

And pretty quick we started getting some bites.

Sarge taking one off the line.

Even I got in on the action.  Ok, so it's a bit hard to take a picture of yourself fishing =)

Sarge headed over to the other side of the pond and scared up a "really big black snake."  Thankfully it decided to take a swim instead of showing Sarge if it had a white mouth or not.

After about an hour, we had caught 3 fish and had a couple that we couldn't get to the shore.  And then our spot was invaded...

Some very friendly horses came to check out what we were doing in their pasture.

I tried to take a picture, but the horse knocked my hand out of the way.  There were a few minutes there that I thought the horses might try to "nudge" me into the pond...

After the horses invaded the area, we decided it was time to head out and get the fish home.  On the way out I saw this beautiful orange flower.  In my vast botanical experience, I *think* it's some sort of butterfly plant =)

Once we got back, Sarge filleted the fish and fried them up.  They were delicious...  Even though there was only enough for an appetizer.