It's hunting season... and Brandon was drawn for elk archery season. His hunt started last weekend and gos through this next Thursday. He went last weekend, and it rained (and hailed) on him almost the entire time. We had our own "interesting" adventures here at the house (the biggest one being locked out of the house for a few hours with no hide a key, phone, etc.) So, when he came home early (Saturday night as opposed to Sunday night) and decided to do something different (that included all of us) this weekend, I was Ecstatic! (Have I mentioned that my husband is just so wonderful!).
So, instead of hunting, we did some fishing.
First we went to the fish hatchery near Christopher Creek. The girls loved checking out the fish!
Noelle insisted on walking up the steep hills all by herself. She is such a strong little girl!
They have a lot of "tanks" with fish of different sizes (ages). It was really fun to see them flipping all over! Then we went fishing at Tonto Rancho. (where you are pretty much guaranteed to catch something)
You don't have to bring a thing. You rent the pole, gear, and get as much food as you need, for a buck! Then you fish. It's 75 cents an inch, and for an extra 50 cents, they clean and ice the fish for you (totally worth the 50 cents, if you ask me!!!)
We learned very quick that you had to be FAST to catch these guys! They were tricky! Daddy caught the first one all by himself. It as an exciting moment.
The girls loved checking the fish out!
Then they started fishing together (we only rented one pool... that was plenty)
They enjoyed group fishing... all three of them!
And finally mom got a chance (with Melanie helping me).
All together, we caught 3 fish. 2 of them were 12" long, one was 10" long.
While we were fishing, I asked Melanie what she was going to do with the fish when she caught them, and she said "eat them" (note, when we did actually eat the fish, last night, she wasn't interested after all.)
You don't have to bring a thing. You rent the pole, gear, and get as much food as you need, for a buck! Then you fish. It's 75 cents an inch, and for an extra 50 cents, they clean and ice the fish for you (totally worth the 50 cents, if you ask me!!!) 
We learned very quick that you had to be FAST to catch these guys! They were tricky! Daddy caught the first one all by himself. It as an exciting moment.
The girls loved checking the fish out!
Then they started fishing together (we only rented one pool... that was plenty)
They enjoyed group fishing... all three of them!
And finally mom got a chance (with Melanie helping me).
All together, we caught 3 fish. 2 of them were 12" long, one was 10" long. 
While we were fishing, I asked Melanie what she was going to do with the fish when she caught them, and she said "eat them" (note, when we did actually eat the fish, last night, she wasn't interested after all.)While they were cleaning the fish for us, we enjoyed the outdoors. It was a neat place, very pretty.
After fishing, we ended up cutting our trip short because my cute little red head became really sick. I'm glad that she was able to enjoy some of the trip before she became so miserable.
Thank you, Brandon, for such a fun family day! We love you!
2 comments:
That fish hatchery has so many memories for me, but the best is when my cousin's husband was fishing in it. Over the fence. He got caught. Ha ha.
What a fun family day!
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