Memorial Day!!

I would like to start with a Heart felt Thank You to all those who have fought and given their lives so that we could be blessed with the freedom that we have. I support our troops and pray for them. So we spent the day the best way possible, as a family with others of our family enjoying the great outdoors.

We spent the day at Bigelow Hollow. We had breakfast and lunch cooked by our Uncle Joel and Aunt Lori on the grill. The kids learned how to fish. Victor actually caught one but didn't get it all the way in, it was able to get off the hook at the waters edge and made a dash for the safety. He was a natural. He was so cute when we drove into the park he announced that this was going to be the best day of his life ever. Lori and Joel had got this great spot right on the edge of the water and we had an awesome day. Rowan loved reeling in the line and the bait. I thought that boys were suppose to be the ones that handled all the gross stuff but that Rowan is either going to be a Veterinarian or a Farmer. She started the day lugging around a pail with a shiner in it that she named Buddy. After a few hours she let him free but didn't understand why he didn't come back. She got into the worms, she was carrying them around and having worm races on the table but she eventually let them go too.

The kids only got a little wet. Rowan fell in only once but Victor who is oh so graceful fell in twice. We also had a snake that kept swimming into and by our spot. Joel is the only one who got good fish, two bass but Victor and Lori each caught a pickerel. I guess I have to share my oops of the day. We knew that Lori and Joel had got Victor a real pole to learn how to fish but figured we needed something to keep Rowan busy so Kel got her a toy pole that is Sponge Bob Square Pants. It came with a Plankton weight to cast on the end. So Kel gets her all set up and she loves it. We have pancakes and sausage for breakfast and then go back to the water. Well mom decides to help Rowan out and cast her line for her. BAD IDEA it don't know how but I managed to cast it so that the line snaps and Plankton goes flying out to the middle of the water. My poor girl!! She saw her fishing pole in the car this morning and goes "Mommy.. Plankton go far away." I felt so small!!! So after I dropped her off I went and got her watermelon for lunch as a special treat. Thankfully Kelton was able to fix it to day and got a new toy hung on the end and as I am writing this she is upstairs in her room in a laundry basket with her pillow, blanket, Webkinz and her fishing pole playing.