Thursday, September 11, 2008

That's right, Ethan's first big catch!

Dan took the kids fishing last weekend before he went to Houston for 2 weeks. While they were out Ethan actually caught a fish on his Spiderman fishing pole! The fish wasn't huge, but it was large enough that his little pole couldn't reel it in! So, Dan had to pull it in by the line. He was fairly timid about holding it, so there were NO pictures of him at the lake holding it because he was to scared of it moving. The best part was when Dan went to gut the fish Ethan was devastated.
Ethan: "Daddy NO! My fishy!" while getting a little upset.
Dan:"Ethan it's okay buddy I have to do this so that we can eat it for dinner."
Ethan:"No fishy, No fishy...MINE daddy MINE." the tears beginning to fall.
Dan:"It's okay Ethan why don't you come and help me."
Ethan (tears flowing): "No, no, no daddy my fishy. Please my fishy."
Dan got it all cleaned up and put the kids in the car and Ethan fell asleep on the way home. When he woke up, Dan was gone a he started to sob while saying words that I did not understand. He wanted his fishy. So, me being kind of nice pulled it out of the freezer to show him that we still had it. He wanted to hold it and so I took a few pictures of his happy face. He was VERY proud of himself.



10 comments:

Danielle said...

Hey you went to houston...lol you should have came to see us...

Anonymous said...

Cute! Hailey looks 16. It was fun to see you!

The Lambert Family said...

That's fun that he caught a fish! We went fishing about a month ago, but nobody caught anything. It was still fun though.

Kurt and Jasmine said...

What a fun, sweet story. I'm not much of a fisherman, but that looks like a pretty good catch.

BAWC said...

way to go little man, for real? i can't believe that he is brave enough to hold the slimy thing all by himself!

Jill, Wes, and Andy said...

That look on his face is priceless!

Levi and Cassie Mallory Family said...

Hey Mindy,
How are you guys doing? Your kids are getting so big! I can't believe how quickly time flies.

Anonymous said...

Did you hear our news??? 3 kids sounds like alot!

Our Family said...

i know you are bussy but You better post some more. it's like you disapered and i don't know what the little ones are up to (Hailey gymnastics? i gotta see a pic of her in those tights some wear). you guys must be doing fun stuff in the blessed state of wyoming!! Like getting a huge buck deer to show us all. they grow them good there :) well love ya

¨*:·.TIFF.·:*¨ said...

I found you through Kim's blog! How are you doing? Look at how cute your family is! How are things treating you?