Yes I do have an awesome fish story for you but it is not until the end of this post so you can either skip ahead or just read about all of our Memorial Day fun. We did have a good Memorial Day weekend minus the fact that I got a cold. (Really who gets colds in the summer? Yeah me...). Anyway the fun started on Friday. Jen came down with her kids and we spent the day at Unity Park in Ivins. We played on the splash pad and the playground all morning.
Then Grandma and Grandpa Farnsworth brought us peanut butter sandwiches and we had a picnic. It was so nice to sit in the shade and just relax and enjoy. Poor Logan got a little sunburn on his arms though. What a bad mom I am. I don't know how he got red because we sat in the shade the whole time.
After the park, we came home and I put the kids down for a nap while I packed the trailer so we could go camping. We thought about not going because Logan had been sick but he was doing so much better that we decided we could go. We were originally going to leave when Russell got off work on Friday but then we heard about a free Shriner's screening clinic being held on Saturday. When we started wearing shorts for the summer, we noticed that Colby's feet were very flat and it looked like it was starting to effect the way he walked. He walks on the inside of his feet instead of the outside. We decided to take him to this Shriner's Hospital screening to see if there really was something wrong with his feet and if it was something they could help us with or refer us to someone else.
On Saturday, I took Colby to the screening and the nurse practitioner said that Colby definitely walked on the inside of his feet but she said it was definitely something that could easily be corrected. I was glad we took him in because the NP said that if we didn't fix it his knees would start to be effected too. The walk is really subtle and really if you didn't know what you were looking at, you would think he was just fine. So the NP thought we could easily fix it by getting some nice shoes or orthodics. The Shriner's Hospital is supposed to call us soon to let us know if they can help us or if they can refer us to an orthopedic doctor. So we are waiting to hear from them on what to do next.
While we were at the screening, Russell and Emily finished packing and getting the trailer ready to go so we could leave when Colby and I got home. Then we headed up to Enterprise for a fun weekend.
We parked on the flat between the lower and upper reservoirs. We camped with my parents, the Hughes', and the Pryors. Saturday we had a blast fishing. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at it) we did not catch any fish that day. In fact the wind was blowing so hard it was difficult to do any good fishing. Jared, Jacob and Clint caught crawdads and made them have fights. That was pretty funny. Then Emily's chair blew over and her chair bag flew into the lake. Russell tried to cast his pole out to catch the bag and Jared and Jacob even tried to swim out into the freezing water to get it but the bag sank to the bottom of the lake before they could get it. Emily was so sad and mad that she would not stop bawling. About this time Logan woke up too and was screaming his head off too so we packed up and headed back to camp. Yeah a good day of fishing...
Back at camp we made Dutch Oven potatoes and chicken and a cobbler. At home I only had a spice cake and pears so I decided we could experiment and have pear cobbler. It actually wasn't that bad in fact I liked it better than peach cobbler. Then it was time to hit the sack. That night was not the best for me because I could feel the cold coming on and my throat was killing me. And to top it off I got no sleep because Logan woke up every half hour it seemed like wanting to nurse. Finally the sun came up and Logan and I headed home to go to church.
We made it in time for Ward Council at 9 and then we came home and slept for a couple hours and headed back to church for Primary. This was the longest church ever because I felt like crap. I was glad I didn't have to do Sharing Time. After church, I was going to drive right back up to Enterprise but instead, Logan and I took another nap so that I wouldn't fall asleep driving. We got back up to Enterprise at about 5:30 pm. Russell and the kids had fun up on the mountain while we were gone. While the rest of the family headed out on a four-wheeler ride, Russell and the kids had fun at camp. Because it was still windy, they colored, read books, and even took a 2 hour nap! Russell said it was the best day of camping ever!
That night we cooked S'mores inside on the trailer stove because it was too windy for a fire. That was totally okay with me because we got to have S'mores without smelling like a campfire! Lacie's and Tami's families headed home Sunday night.
Monday was a really fun day and the day of the awesome fish story! The wind finally died down so we headed back to the lake to go fishing again. We really got into the fish this day. Well everyone but us that is... My parents and Clint were on the left of us and they were catching a lot of fish. My Uncle Bill and Sandy were on the right of us and they were catching a lot of fish. And we were in the middle not catching anything! So when do we get to hear the fish story you are asking? Well here it goes:
Clint had two poles in the water which is probably illegal but oh well. He had one pole resting on his four-wheeler and the other pole propped up with a rock on the ground. He was catching fish with both. Then while he was messing with the pole on his four-wheeler, the pole on the ground got a huge bite. The bite was so huge that it yanked the pole clear into the lake and we watched it get dragged to the bottom of the lake. Clint was yelling "NOOO!" as we were all in shock and laughing! We could not believe that the fish would pull the pole clear into the water! Just for the heck of it, we were joking that maybe we could cast out and catch the pole and drag it back to shore. Since Russell wasn't catching anything anyway, he decided to try it out. He put on a big lure and cast out right where we saw the pole go down. Not thinking he would ever in a million years catch the lost pole, he started reeling in. Then he realized he had snagged something so he reeled faster. As his line came in, it was attached to more line. Then as he continued to reel, we saw the lost pole come closer to shore and on the other side a fish was attached to the line! Clint and Russell kept pulling the line and low and behold, Russell had caught the lost pole and the fish was still attached to the line! They pulled in the lost pole and we were all amazed that on the first cast Russell had done the impossible and caught not only the pole but the fish too! Clint was so happy and grateful that he told Russell he could have one of his Mountain Dews! If you know Clint, you know that offer is priceless. We were all in shock at what had just happened and we knew no one would believe us but it is true it really happened!
Our fishing luck turned around after that. Clint caught even more fish on the lost pole, and Russell and Emily even caught some. Emily caught her first fish on her Barbie pole:
And Russell showing off his big whopper. Emily's fish was a pretty good sized trout too. She was so proud of her fish. Between us, Clint and my parents, we ended up keeping about 9 good sized trout. After cleaning them, we headed back to camp for a fish fry. The fish were really good but we had way too many to eat. Emily, Colby and I ate Emily's fish while Russell ate his two fish. Emily loved eating her fish. I was worried they were going to get a bone so I double and triple checked every piece I gave Emily and Colby. Colby didn't make it past the first bite before he fell asleep. After my mom and dad and Clint ate one each we still had a few fish left over but everyone was too full of fish to eat more. What a great day of fishing and what a great true fish story!
After eating, we packed up and headed home. We had a great weekend and it was nice to get away and just relax and fish. We are looking forward to more camping trips this summer.
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