i have many happy places in my life and this is one of them.
i love to bring our kids to carolyn and mike's.
i want to live at carolyn and mike's.
we even brought waffle.
i had a bunch of pictures of him in the water but realized after that one of my children
changed my camera settings without telling me so they were all ruined.
even without photos you can imagine how excited waffle was
to swim for the first time and play with their dogs max and cash.
we swam and the boys got in the kayaks.
then scott hit sean in the head with an oar and there was a lot of crying.
craig and i floated on a raft while the kids played...it was heavenly.
i love getting time to just sit(float) and talk with him.
mike gave into annie's begging him to fish.
he got out the poles and baited their hooks for them.
and fish started biting.
on annie's first of course...she has a way with the fish.
i think it has something to do with that little finding nemo fishing pole.
we tried to get talby to hold it...not going to happen.
so i tried.
first i screamed like a girl and dropped it...then i did it.
woo-hoo!
annie threw her fish back in.
sean caught two fish that day...both catfish.
i did not grab that one.
it's just too gross with those whisker things.
waffle did not know what to think.
mike and carolyn had to leave after awhile so we were on our own with the fishing.
annie started to cry "it's not going to be fun without mike"
no problem i thought...i can put a worm on a hook.
then they caught two fish...ummm...MIKE? MIKE? who is going to take this fish off the hook?
they were long gone.
yuck.
together craig and i did it...but it was gross.
and then we promptly announced "fishing time is over!"
ok...i saved this picture for the end.
it's the grossest picture i have ever taken.
by far.
so gross.
are you ready?
yikes.
but it's still my happy place.
even with fish guts and hooks stuck in fish mouths.
thank you letting us come and making us feel so welcome.
can't wait to come back!