Vacation #4 - Gone Fishin.....

Monday morning brought us some beautiful sunshine, but also some big billowing clouds.  We were hoping for another day on the lake, but by the time the Men arrived home from Golfing the clouds and the wind were against us.  Fortunately Granddad had decided to buy some fishing poles and gear before coming out to the cabin.  This turned into the perfect day for fishing. After heading into town to get a license and some bait and then rigging up the poles - most of the kids and the dad's and Marilee and Julie headed off to the fishing hole.  It was a pond down near the lake that they keep stocked.  Although I wanted to go I had to stay home and help with the kids left behind, 3 of which were mine, due to our babysitter Caitlyn being sick.  Not to mention Noah was very out of sorts because his two top teeth were trying really hard to come in and cause him as much dicomfort as possible. 

So, back to the fishing.  The outing turned out fantastic.  All of the kids caught at least 1 fish and in all they caught 12.  In fact, the first line they put in the water got a bite and it just kept moving after that.  They didn't bring home all the fish, but they did bring home a few so all the kids could have a taste of trout.  In order to bring the fish home, they had to gut and clean them.  Steve took the chance to teach Spencer, JB and Ty how to do it.  Ty jumped in and got his hands dirty, I'm not sure how JB and Spencer handled it, but the picture below of JB says alot about his initial reaction to gutting the fish. Once they got hom Steve cooked the trout up on the grill for everyone to have a taste.  Surprisingly (keep in mind I am not a fish lover), they all enjoyed the taste they had. 

The dirty hands after gutting the fish, I love the look on his face.

Haha, I love the look on his face.  It is priceless.

Thankfully, he didn't think it was too bad in the end. 

Monday was capped off by us Adults going off to dinner.  We went later than planned because Caitlyn still wasn't back to herself and had to wait until the babies could go to bed.  It was nice to have a night out and a goodbye dinner for Adam who had to go home to work.  After dinner the boys drove into Calgary for the night so they could golf in the morning, get Adam to the airport and get Steve's tooth fixed.