Fishing with Grandpa!

So many times Brian and the kids go fishing w/grandpa - I don't mind it since it's a chance for me to be at home and catch up on stuff around the house w/out interruptions from the kiddo's! Growing up I liked going fishing w/my grandpa and have the best memories from it so I'm excited that my own kids will get to have those same memories! Brian does ask me to go w/them often but these day's it's just not my thing! I haven't really 'liked' fishing since I was a kid - except deep sea fishing that was awesome I would do that again in a heartbeat :) So I usually never go but one Monday evening, last month, I decided to go and make it our FHE activity! All I need is a nice camping chair, warm coat and a camera and I'm a happy mom!

Didn't do any fishing, of course, but it was good to be there w/the family and watch the kids build those memories and be able to capture them on the camera! Brian even brought dinner and made a fire - really cool! So we roasted hot dogs over the fire and it really cooled off towards the end of the night so that fire was really nice to have! I must say that I have a very prepared and smart husband! He does a lot for our family and it's great to have him as my other half! There's a lot of times he (in subtle ways or sometimes not so subtle) ;-) reminds me of how important it is to do things together as a family and I the same w/him - I am so grateful to have him there when I need those reminders on the days I'm just wore out and tired and just want to stay home! There always needs to be balance and I'm still trying to figure that out w/life being so hectic but I have a great helper and love him so much! I am a very lucky woman :)

This happy little guy was so pleasant the entire night! What more can I say about this little jewel in our life - always a smile on his face, I just wish the pic wasn't so out of focus! He sat w/mommy most the time in the great camping chair to stay warm and he kept me warm too :)

The kids loved the fire too - and cooking their own hot dogs made them feel pretty darn special! Was a great October family night w/Grandpa and a few others in Brian's family showed up too - they all caught a TON of fish that night - not sure what was going on but they were biting like crazy so the kids got to catch a lot and that made it exciting for them! Here's one last photo I thought I'd share it was one of the times Brian went w/just Spencer and Grandpa, Brooklynn was w/Taber - they caught a lot that time too!

Here's to making many more memories as a family - but hopefully it won't always have to be fishing for mom's sake ;-)