Fun, Fun, and More Fun

Today has been the best Saturday of the year so far for sure!  First, Addi slept until 8:45! Yep, 8:45. Amazing. Then we had pancakes for breakfast (I'll write about my pancake making saga on a slow blog week) before taking the kids out on the boat for a little Lake Granbury fishing. It was too windy to cast so the fishing wasn't so great, but Jeff got to try out his new catfish jugs (don't even ask) and even caught a couple that way. When Jeff was pulling these in, Jackson was jumping up and down shouting "CATFISH! CATFISH!! LOOOOOOOKKKKKEYYY, CATFISH!" I thought he was going to jump himself right out of the boat he was so excited. Now, the fish are tiny and we expect to catch many more and lots of big ones when we get the hang of things, but we were all excited to see these two catfish on the hooks on our very first try.

He couldn't even feel this little guy on the end of the line but it was still exciting to see it in the water as he reeled it in. We had to get a picture because this is Jeff's first success at his new jugging technique.

Jackson hung onto the rail of the boat and used it to help him jump higher. He was SO excited that we couldn't help but to laugh and celebrate with him. We've NEVER seen him that excited over anything...even cookies.

You can see the excitement on his little face.

Addi saw Jeff and Grandma get "horned" by a catfish last summer and has waffled between an obsession and a phobia of catfish ever since. We had to show her the horns before she'd even think about touching this "big one."

Jackson didn't much appreciate Addi trying to touch HIS fish.

As if that isn't enough fun for one day, we had friends come over after we got home. The Purser's came over for the afternoon and dinner. Jeff and Chris have been trying to get together for a bike ride for a while now and we finally made it happen today. Chris pulled the girls (Addi and Rebekah) behind him in a bike trailer and they went around the entire perimeter of Pecan...a little over 16 miles. Next time we'll have Jeff pull Jackson to make it at least a little more fair : ) While the guys were gone with the girls, us moms took our boys for a long walk in the stroller. Our sweet friend and almost neighbor, Heather, joined us with her little guy, Davis. I think it's the first time for me to do anything with a bunch of little boys and we had a great time talking and walking. I can't believe I forgot to take pictures of the girls in the trailer and my monumental "all boys" walk!

It's been a very full and wonderful day, BUT since we lose an hour of sleep tonight, I'm going to sign off and get to bed. Jackson will be getting his very own special post coming soon so check back early next week. Happy day light's savings time everyone!