What a busy weekend we had! We went camping again at Garner, since we will likely not get another chance until after the holidays (life is too busy!). When we checked into the camp, we learned there was a junior angler fishing event on Saturday. I signed both kids up, but Amy wasn't interested in the actual fishing part- only the booths where she could get goodies (what she will do with 5 fishing lures, I have no clue)! The event ended up lasting most of Saturday (for which I was NOT prepared- food, water, sunscreen, etc.). Luckily Pop brought some fishing poles when he and Granny drove out to Garner to visit us. For 2 hours we took turns casting and reeling in, and once we even got a bite from something very big and very strong, but of course... "he got away." Finally, Aidan caught a huge Red Ear Blue Gill fish weighing 1 pound, 12 ounces- the biggest of that kind the fishing instructors had seen! And the best part was, we caught it in the last 5 minutes of the contest! I say "we" because I was determined he was not going to give up until they called "time", so I cast that worm as far as I could and within seconds, before I could hand the pole to Aidan, the line went tight! Aidan tried to reel him in while I used two hands to hold the pole steady, but Will ended up helping! He was a strong fish! Pop helped us get him under control and carry it to the weigh station. Aidan didn't win a prize, but we hope he learned about patience, persistence, and positive thinking! And I learned not to try to pick up a Red Ear because the dorsal fin will cut your fingers!
Isn't he beautiful!?!?!
On Thursday we brought home our "new" used keyboard. Aidan was beside himself with excitement! They are both looking forward to practicing on it with all it's buttons and fancy switches!
