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Memorial Day Fishing

On Monday evening, Chelan's sister and her family came to do some fishing in our pond. Last summer, it was stocked with new fish. So, we all headed up there to see if we could actually get some catfish (last summer we didn't have any luck)! Lo and behold, Chelan's line caught one almost at the same time as Trissa's did. Caiden worked on reeling it in, and he actually got it reeled all the way. However, all that excitement at one time was the only real excitement we had! We came back with only 2 fairly large catfish. We're hoping to catch more on return trips to try and get enough for one meal! This was my first experience with actually catching fish that were big enough to keep -- this time I just watched, maybe next time I'll have to cast a line or two!


There's something about those "taken from behind" pictures -- or maybe it was just that they were actually sitting that close together and getting along!


Grandpa is holding the catfish that Caiden reeled in


Cambry, Mace, and Caiden acting silly - you could tell it was time to head home!




Cale sits and waits

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  1. Miss you guys so much! Chayce says, "Can I look at another picture of my Grandma and Grandpa? Another one of my friends? Please?"

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