Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Goin Fishin

Our family enjoys the occasional camping trip or cook-out but we are not too keen on fishing or hunting. In fact Braeton is the only one in our family that has ever caught a fish... that was until this past Monday.

There is a pond in our neighborhood where we can go fishing. It is "catch and release" which suits us because we don't want to gut and clean them. In fact Gina doesn't even want to touch the fish. We bought each of the kids a fishing pole for Christmas. The girls got a Disney Princess pole that doesn't even reel in anything larger than a quarter. We started by putting on some of the lures that Braeton received with his pole. We saw 5 or 6 fish looking at the bait but none of them would take it. Gina then pulled out the marshmallows and pretzels. The marshmallows didn't work too well but the pretzels proved to be the trick that did the job. With the Disney Princess pole Gina was able to catch her first fish! From the video below... you can be the judge of whether she was excited about catching the fish. You can hear Maren in the background join in her excitement too! I'm just glad we were able to catch this special moment on video.

6 comments:

Scott said...

That video is awesome. I have to say that I don't enjoy touching fish either. They're kind of like snakes - unpredictable.

jeana said...

Audrey and Kate keep asking me to play the movie again and again. I've seen it about 4 times now and I still laugh every time. Good catch Gina.

Rick & Diana said...

What a California girl, all screamy about a fish! I loved hearing Maren in the back crying about it dying. It's good to see you guys. We miss you too. Call sometime so we can catch up!
Love,Diana

Anonymous said...

I am so glad that you got that on camera. I loved seeing you both. It fact, just seeing you made me tear up.

Janette Porter said...

That was great! You guys have so much fun.

Danielle said...

Time for an update.