Anyway, this year, much to my own surprise, I decided to take a year off from the Wyo parade and my parents' picnic. Lisa was in Italy and Sarah had a baby a few days before so I knew neither of them would be around and I knew that I was going to take the boys down the following weekend because Ryan would be out of town, so we decided to stay home and check out the annual fishing derby and picnic at Texas Blockhouse.
It POURED the entire ride up there and they had to push the fishing derby back until after lunch, but we had a great day!
Playing on the porch while waiting out the rain.
Quick walk down to the pond to scope out the best spot to fish!
Family photo
Watching Daddy bait the hook.
So proud of his fish!
Grant was rather unimpressed by it all, but I'm sure next year we'll have two fishermen!
With a little help from Daddy and Uncle Collin, Connor caught four fish and won a second place trophy for his age group! His biggest fish was a 15" rainbow trout, which is approximately 14.5" bigger than the biggest fish I've ever caught up there!
All that excitement put him to sleep about 30 seconds after we left. Needless to say we didn't make the fireworks that night!
Overall, it was a great day. We went to Ryan's mom's for dinner that night for pizza (she had to call about 12 places to find one that was open). A little different than the traditional 4th of July picnic food, but still a fun day. I am so thankful that we are able to take advantage of Ryan's Texas Blockhouse membership, not just on days that they have events, but any time we want to hike, fish, let the dogs run wild, etc. I know as Connor and Grant grow older they will love being up their with their dad, uncle, and Grandpa, and will learn to appreciate nature, responsible conservation, gun safety, etc. (and I will enjoy copious bottles of wine and pedicures to make up for all the weekends/hunting seasons where I was a single mom because the boys were too young to participate)!
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