Heidi Bruder

Hard to believe that it is already Wednesday.  Vacation weeks go by too quickly.  It’s been a fun week of relaxing, golf (Mike, not me), swimming, tubing, boating and today it was fishing.  This fishing adventure has been a long time coming for Noah.  He and his buddy Simon have been telling each other tales of fishing for weeks.  Noah was excited and ready to catch “the big one.”

We arrived at Bug Bee Hive Resort on Saturday evening.  While we were still in the process of unpacking the van, Noah asked Grandpa, “when are we going fishing?”  Someone gave the answer, “we’ll go fishing the day after golf.”  (I know some of you die-hard fishermen would hit the water right away, but it’s quite a process to get 3 kids, their poles, life jackets and snacks down the lake  As my mom said, “There wasn’t this much to-do when the Mayflower left!”).

Monday was the big day of golf for the dads and grandpa.  Well, first thing Tuesday morning, Noah ventured upstairs and wandered over to Grandpa.  He leaned against his chair and said, “Hey Grandpa, today’s fishing day!”

I was lucky enough to accompany Grandpa out with the grandkids.  The excitement level was high.  “We’re going fishing!”  “I’m going to catch a fish!”  “We’ll catch enough to have fish for supper!”  Here are some fun pictures of the hard-core fisher-kids.

Now here are some pictures from approximately 7 Minutes later:

The classic conversation came from my niece.  Grandpa mentioned that it was almost time to head in.
Kyla: I don’t want to stop fishing!!!
Grandpa:  Oh, ok.  Here, hold your fishing pole.
Kyla:  No, you can hold it.

What a fun morning with the kiddos.  Surprise of all surprises, we actually caught a fish!

It’s pretty amusing to watch 3 kids try to be quiet.  They know they should be, but they make more of a ruckus telling each other to be quiet than they were making in the first place.  Somehow, it’s not hard to imagine why the fish stay away.  ☺  Fun times!

(Oh, and it’s REALLY good to watch Mike relax after a crazy few months at work!  He’s been enjoying himself being super-dad and super-uncle and even getting in some WOW time!  No homework this year…Yay!)

I just realized that I didn’t post a picture of Levi, who is having a great week.  So, just to be fair…   (As a side note, he is pulling himself up on things and taking steps when we hold his hands!  Where does time go?!)