Fishin'

Fishing at Gaebe Pond

Johnny now loves to fish.  There is a pond right outside of New Salem that is stocked for "youth, seniors, and handicapped".  We went there last Saturday and it was perfect for Johnny.  He caught lots of fish (small mouth bass).  Most of them were his size...You'll see in the pictures.  Now all he wants to do is go "fishin"!

Daddy baiting the hook with a "Wurm"

Johnny fishing

This fish is just his size.

I just love the look on John's face when he catches a fish!

Daddy had to help reel in this big one.

Flying fish!  Johnny threw this one back in.  He liked doing it until he got an owee.  Now he's scared to touch them.

"Choo Choo"

"Mommy, I got grass!  And now I'm gonna eat it!"  John got bored with fishing and we started throwing rocks in the pond, while Daddy had a blast with John's little Snoopy/Cars fishing pole.  I love how he's really getting into it in this pic.

 Sunday at Lake Tschida

We went to Lake Tschida on Sunday afternoon.  We had a lot of fun fishing, swimming, and just hanging out.  Josh only caught one fish, a small Northern, on his first cast.

Josh's amazing idea to bring the pack n play.  Lu had fun in here (not eating grass and rocks) for quite a while before she wanted to be held.

"See my wurm!"

Mommy Fishing and watching Johnny.

"Rocks!"

Johnny splashing

Johnny swimming with Daddy

 The Farm...
Our gardens are doing amazing.  The CSA baskets have been really full and the farmers market has been selling out!  Our new chickens are laying pullet eggs now...lots of them!  Summer work is starting to wind down.  We're happy for that and looking forward to fall projects and hunting!

Celery Plants

Corn stealer caught

 Josh caught this raccoon after one night of her eating some sweet corn.  We're glad we caught her before she destroyed too much.  We showed her to Johnny before Josh shot it.  Probably a bad idea.  He was a little upset.  When Josh came inside after burrying it, John said, "Puppy?  Puppy?  Coon?".  So, I think he thought it was a puppy.  We told him that raccoons are bad.  He seems to have forgotten about it.

Camping
We're going camping this weekend at Lake Sakakawea State Park this weekend.  We're really excited!  I better go get packing!