A day of fishing

We spent most of the day Sunday on lake Mississippi. We went out at 10am and the kids did pretty good catching pumpkinseed fish. Then Mel and Kiera went in to get some lunch and some warmer cloths for Riley and I. Then they went home while Riley and I fished until about 2:30.

Riley finally managed to catch his first bass. A nice smallmouth that was quite the battle for him. No matter how much I tried to convince him, he would not stick his thumbs in its mouth to hold it for the picture so we had to make due like this...Can't say I would have done any different at 6 years old either!

And lucky me...I had to let the kids reel in all the fish I caught :)

Mel and Kiera came to pick Riley and I up and while we were putting the boat on the trailer, Riley grabbed his rod ( as if he hadn't had enough fishing ) and started fishing off the dock. Of course hey caught about 5 fish in about 2 minutes....so we spent the next 2 hrs fishing for tiny sun fish and perch off the dock! Funny when our boat is sitting right there and we could have been on the lake catching fish 10 times the size but oh well they were happy! Also we actually managed to catch a few small bass. Here is Kiera's first ever bass



And I think Riley overtook Mel for the smallest fish ever trophy!

Backyard Remodeling

This year we said we were not going to work in the pool area. We would take a break. But then the grass and weeds grew, it got nice out(sort of) and we decided to do a few projects. At first it seem not too bad. Put in a patio, a hedge and maybe put some river rock around the fence. A month and 1/2 later we are a little more than half way done. This weekend, Ron and I were able to edge, put landscape fabric and lay the river rocks down around half the fence and Ron was able to finish laying the patio. It was a very productive weekend.

Before

DuringAfter

After

After but not done yet.

While Ron and I worked the kids played with Mikey from next door. They were occupied all weekend. Ron laughed that Mikey was like our babysitter, since we didn't really hear much from the kids all day. On Sunday they did a little work of their own, painting the house Ron made for them 2 years ago. it is going to be their club house.