Shoe Train

London made a "shoe train"

It started in our room and went down the hall to Keyton's room

Who's ready for the 4th?

London is ready

Hat, shirt, flag, and cowboy boots

She made her shirt at daycare and the other accessories

She asked me to take picture to show everyone

Father's Day Weekend

Father's Day weekend we did a short overnight trip to Hartford

We meet Russ' brother and his boys for some fishing

We stayed at this little cabin (it had A/C yeah!)

The pond was just outside the door

The first I thought when we got there was . . . 

"Awww it is so QUIET"

after much noise on the trip there, it was a relief!

Bobby popped a fish out of the pond right when we arrived

Cody and London just chilling while waiting for a fish

Bobby jumped back from where he was standing

Ugh - it's a snake - a big one

Mike tried to get it to move - the thing grabbed his worm

He was very big - 3 feet long

We were all very intrigued by this snake even though none of us like them

How do you get a snake of your fishing line you may ask?

Like the Queen of Hearts said,  "Off with it's Head!"

That was the beginning of the excitement for the weekend

First Fish

 London's first time fishing

Russ had her fish with a cane pole
She was very excited about fishing

 Her very first fish

I told London that the first fish you catch, you have to kiss it

We settled for just "petting" them

 cute little thing

Overall she caught about 5-6 fish

She seemed to have a good time

It was nice that she could fish and then go play and come back and fish some more

She became the "water girl" - getting everyone drinks

I don't know which she enjoyed more

24 hrs of just fishing/hanging out/relaxing

 Taking a break from fishing

 There was a hugh catfish on the other side of the pond

Kassade is "petting" him - you could practiculy grab him with your hands

 London doesn't like worms - we can't ever get her to hold one

Finally, I think Kassade talked her into picking one up

Had to have a picture to make this occasion

 Kassade and her first fish

I definately can say she is most entertaining person to watch fish

Mike described one catch as "the fish was waterskiing"

Not a fish

While we were just relaxing and hanging out fishing

We saw Bobby across the pond - his fishing line behind him with something on it

Russ asked if it was a cat he caught, we couldn't tell what it was because it was covered in moss

Keyton pulled off this big old bullfrog

He suffered no harm after being drug around the pond

 and hopped back into the pond

London's gift to Russ

For either the first or second father's day that Russ and I were dating

I had the older 3 kids make stepping stones with their hand prints

It was a lot of fun and how they personalized them

London wanted this turtle - I realized after the fact we couldn't put her hand print on top

so, we traced it and she put the glass around the edges  

We also decided put her hand print on the bottom of the stone and dated it

Russ was hinting (sending pictures/texts etc) to Kassade about an ice cream maker

This is from all of us

Russ said this was one of the best Father's Days he has had 

I am glad you enjoyed it so much and got to spend time with your family

Thanks for being such a great father to the children