Neither snow nor rain nor dark of night

Wait, maybe I should say, neither rain nor thunder and lightning, nor dark of night will keep these two from fishing. Yep, they went again last night, and Riley caught another fish, and I hear rumors that they might be going again tonight

Long pants and shirt - check

Rain coat - check

Rubber boots - check

Fishing from the back of Mama's car when it's pouring down rain

and lightening like crazy which nearly gave Mama a heart attack- Priceless

Riley's First Fish

I remember the first time we took Riley fishing - it was windy and man did she loves the worms. It's also when Joey got slightly addicted to fishing, so much so that I thought about starting a worm farm - something I'm still considering, especially now that I have two, slightly addicted, fishermen in my house (or should I say fisherpersons since one is a boy and what is a girl).
Riley and Daddy went fishing last night and Riley was so excited that daddy let her put a real hook and worm on her pole...............and that she caught two fish, both of which were bigger than the one fish that Daddy caught.

See that big one on the left - that was my baby's first fish, how awesome is that!

It was pretty dark when they got home though so cute pics outside were out of the question, instead we opted for the great back drop of the dishwasher, and you can tell she was pretty much done with the pics at this point. (Oh, I must point out that yes she went fishing in dress-up clothes, I'm telling you she'd wear those everywhere if you'd let her!)

Lesson 1

It all starts with this - a nice bucket of fish from a neighbor, and it is even better when they let you borrow their fish cleaning table so you don't have to hunch over to clean these 25 fish.
Then you give a guy a knife and hope to goodness while he's learning to clean fish that he doesn't cut his finger off in the process.

After a lot of slimy practice, I have to say, he's a pro - and I can't wait to eat some of this fish!

A New Addiction

My hubby has a new addiction. People who've known him for awhile think it's kind of funny, since you know he bought a fishing license last year and used it.........not even once (ok maybe once but NO more than that I'm sure).

His addiction has something to do with theseAlthough the ones we use certainly aren't hand picked like this picture says - nope they come from a gas station (and do you know how much a dozen nightcrawlers cost - I'm really thinking about starting a worm farm - could it be a coincidence that there were step by step instructions in my Family Fun magazine this month, I think not).

And it also has something to do with these which he always hopes he catches, but never keeps. So if you want fresh fish (and to clean them yourself) go fishing by my hubby, he'll probably give them to you.

He's obsessed I'm telling you, but that's ok because I think this is a rather harmless addiction, this time of year it is rather hot when we go with him though, but if that's the only draw back, we'll let him keep this addiciton. Miss Riley did come home soaked from head to toe (seriously) and I'm pretty sure we were only out there around an hour........she's a sweatting machine.

FFF - Summer Lovin'

Wow, Sarah always picks great themes, and this one is no exception - Summer Lovin', but I must say the theme song from Grease has been stuck in my head for a few days now and I'd be happy to have something new ;) To see more FFF's go here.

Riley loves being outside - her trampoline - swinging - playing until she's a sweaty mess - SUMMER and all things outside!

I loved this picture of us walking at the zoo
Lovin' on Cousin Cayman after jumping on the wet trampoline
(notice the wet bums)

Riley loves her daddy, and she loves fishing with her daddy too.

This was her first fishing adventure :)

Riley loved the mister at the zoo last week!

I love my girl!

You and me going fishing in the dark

Wait - it wasn't really dark, it was getting dark though, and it was really windy.......and I mean REALLY windy!!! I'm telling you Missouri weather is something else this spring we've had more rain, tornado warnings, incredibly rainy days, did I mention rain than I ever remember before!

Enough about that though, let's talk about what my girl got to do this weekend - she finally got to put this to good use and she loved it! My girl could wind the reel and bring her weighted/attached fish in all by herself and even tried her hand at casting - it was adorable! I love that she caught a fish every single time (so did she) and I also love that we didn't have to worry about her hooking herself or one of us, oh and did I mention that this pole even floats just in case we might have a mishap and it gets thrown in the water (which didn't happen this time, but I'm sure it will at some point!).

Getting a lesson from daddy

How did she know fishing is all about relaxing already?

This girl LOVES worms - unlike her mommy who thinks there just a little ooey - oh and I love the snot she has going too, that's great!

I love how she's squatting down like she might be too tall for Joey - such a sweet girl always thinking!

I wish I would have had a video from when Riley tried to cast, but I just wasn't ready when it happened. The first time she reared back and then forward, her line didn't go out and she looked at me like what in the world happened here, didn't I do it just like daddy. I showed her that you had to push the little button so she pushed it, reared back and of course the fish hit the ground the second she let go of the button so she developed a casting style all her own.

1. Push button and then let go back so the line comes out
2. When the fish hits the ground pick it up and throw it in the water - whever you want it to go really
3. Repeat over and over again and smile like you are having the best time ever (which she was)

Edited on Wednesday - silly me, I do have a video, I just didn't get the whole process very well.....so for your enjoyment, Riley casting - notice she couldn't get it to go quite where she wanted so she kept throwing the fish, she's such a silly girl!