Splash pad and fishing

This afternoon we went with Auntie Abbie & Uncle Wade to the splash pad in Boyden.  It took awhile for the kids to warm up to it, but Cousin Ryan was fearless.  He sprayed Lincoln right away with a water gun.

Lincoln did NOT appreciate that!

 After awhile they got a bit braver and had a lot of fun.

After another family supper, my dad took the kids fishing.  This was one of the last things on our summer bucket list.  Uncle Wade went along to the Boyden pit, too.  It was a gorgeous night--perfect temps and no bugs.  Grandpa spent most of the time baiting hooks and managing the equipment.

 Lincoln needs to work on his form. ;o)  He spent most of the time just throwing rocks into the water.

This is Emily's first fish.  There were tons of small bluegills swimming around the dock.  You could watch them fight over the worms.  Emily was pulling them out as fast as Grandpa could take them off the hook.

 This was Emily's opinion of the fishing excursion:

 

There is a video montage about fishing in the August playlist at the bottom of the blog.