What Fun!

So, I guess I should start off the weekend with Friday. It was my birthday. The kids sang to me all day, I got a few phone calls and Seth surprised me with a real date....dinner AND a movie! The girls at the office told him he had to and one volunteer to babysit for us. It was so fun! I got to sit next to him in the truck and everything! Woohoo! The show was over about 9:15 and we were beat! Are we really that old now?! It was a great day overall. I am so blessed with such wonderful family and friends. If this is what getting older is like, then its not so bad!

Seth's office has a lab guy that has a lake and he told Seth to bring the family out whenever and come fishing. He guaranteed us a catch! So, Saturday we headed out to fish. It was so much fun! This is totally our style. We loved it!

This picture is by far my favorite! Is this boy not his father's child?!
Chloe and I caught a fish (these things were huge) and when it started flopping around she kept saying, "Mom, its getting me! Its getting me!" It was so funny!
Seth and Logan caught one too! These things were huge! It was such a blast!
Mason mostly played in the dirt. This is his first happy place, to be outside.
When he started to crawl away, we strapped him in his car seat and gave him some rocks to play with. Don't worry, they weren't choking size! Great parenting techniques huh! Hey, he was happy! So sad I didn't get a final picture of him. He would get the dirt by the fist fulls, put it on his head, then pat his cheeks! So cute! Man I love this kid!
This is the orphan looking Chloe. She fished for about 5 seconds and after holding the fish realized that Mason's dirt was so much better! That's my girl! Love her!
And this boy couldn't get enough! He was all about this! LOVE LOVE LOVE this kid!
And the final catch of the day! This was our dinner that night and was a TON of meat! The kids ate about half of it themselves! They loved it!
However, there is a sad ending to this story. I didn't get to actually cast, hook and reel in my own fish and I didn't get to gut it either so I can't mark those off my list! I did get my own fish but it got away before we could grab it with our hands out of the water. Seth said it doesn't count! Oh well, guess we'll have to go again! What a great day. I am so in love with this little family of mine and so grateful we got to spend this time together. Much much needed. The next few months are going to be so crazy, it was nice to just slow down and enjoy what God has given us!