Fun Fishing

Our town offered a morning of family fishing in which they provided all of the poles, tackle, and bait and no licenses were needed. Joshua's been trying to find a way to take the boys fishing, but it just hasn't worked out yet and this was the perfect opportunity. By the time we got there the 'lake' was pretty much out of stock of fish. The boys were bummed, but all the more excited for their next adventure.

You might wonder where Scotland was. Just after I took the first pictures of Marshall we decided it would be best for me and Scotie to go exploring away from the water and wait another year for his fishing explorations to begin. Apparently, the thought of eating a soggy Cheez-it after dipping it into the nasty water wasn't disgusting to him (Joshua stopped him just in time) and he kept insisting upon taking his shoes off! We love this guy, he sure keeps us on our toes!

The Crane

Our neighbor came over really early a couple of weeks ago and asked if the boys wanted to see the crane that was putting a new A/C unit on their roof. Of course they all ran outside! As we were standing there watching, the crane driver asked German if he wanted to guide the crane. G-man jumped up there and the man told him which levers and pedals to push. At first the man helped him a bit, but then he got out of the seat and German maneuvered the crane by himself! It was awesome - he was helping the guy for like 20 minutes! We felt this was a good excuse for him to be late for school. Eli also wanted to try, so he took a stab at it. Scotland wasn't as excited to be so high up!