Here Fishy, Fishy, Fishy...

We went out fishing one day last week.  It turned out to be a beautiful Fall day.  We had a blast.  We didn't even have all of our lines in the water before the first one started going off.  At one point, we only had one line in the water because we were reeling in the other ones or getting fish off of them.  In less than one hour we had our maximum allowed catch for the day (12 Rockfish).  We also caught some fish that we had to throw back (too small).  It was pretty crazy.

Here is Chase getting ready to start fishing.

Allie reeled in several fish.  Troy is holding the rod for her, but she COMPLETELY reeled it in all by herself.  We even asked her if she wanted us to help, but she was determined to do it by herself.

Imagine our surprise when she not only managed to reel it in alone, but she reeled in a doubler... Two fish on the same rig!  That's my girl!

Chase reeled in some fish too, but Daddy helped a little more with him.  :)

It was Allie's turn again... Mommy helped hold the rod this time.  Again, she did it by herself.

And the fish Allie caught that time.

This was the sunset as we were heading back to the dock.

Our catch for the day... and our dinner the next few nights.  :)

Allie and Chase with their Pop Pop.

Allie playing photographer... she actually does a really good job with taking pictures.

Chase holding his fish...

Daddy kissing a fish...

Well, if Daddy can do it...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Happy Halloween to Everyone!!  The kids had a great time trick-or-treating.  It started raining on us though so Troy and Chase headed back early.  The kids got WAY too much candy (which really means there is WAY too much candy in the house for Mommy to eat!).  Allie was a Ladybug this year, and Chase was a Tiger.  He did not want me to take his picture.  He isn't usually like that so who knows what was going on.  I didn't get too many pictures this year, but here are a few.

I actually took this picture as he was running down the hall.  He kept hiding from me whenever I got the camera out.

Allie and her friend that went trick-or-treating with us.

This was taken the night before at a Halloween party...  just thought you guys would like to see Connie dressed up.  The theme was football so she went with the Vikings.

Hope everyone had a great Halloween!  I promise to TRY to keep this site updated more!  :)

Allie's Field Trip

Allie had her first real field trip in school. We went to a Farm/ Pumpkin Patch. I chaperoned and had Allie and two of her friends in my group. We had a very good time. We went on a hayride, pet and fed the animals, walked through a "haunted" house (very cheesy), and picked a pumpkin. I definitely can't remember the last time I was on a school bus. :)

This is in Allie's Kindergarten class in the morning before we left.

This is on the bus getting ready to head to the farm.

Allie with her friends during the hayride.

Running through the hay maze... It was pretty easy...