GONE FISHIN'

Janelle had a great time at the Lake Merwin Fishing Derby today! Dad, Jeff and I all joined the fun. We all got to help fish!

























There were lots of people there. There are two friends who were in Janelle's class the year before last, who were there. We caught our first little guy and the kids mom gave us some of her "magic" bait. Seriously they were catching some huge fish. The bait looked mini marshmallows spray painted with gold glitter paint. But it really was some sort of bait ... spray painted with gold glitter paint!!!! HOW crazy is that, but it worked! We also got their lucky fishin'
spot when they left too! FISH ON!!

The first picture is Janelle with Sammy the Salmon! He was a nice fish and Janelle gave Sammy a hug and shook his finn! :)

While we were waiting in line to have our fish weighed in, I noticed a boy in a wheel chair behind us ... gosh, I thought he sure looks like Nick. Then I noticed his sister, she looks just like Nick's sister, then the father, then the mother ... OMG it was the Brittell family ... we hadn't seen them in years, but the mother ... Leslie is one of my facebook buddies!

Janelle and Nick were born around the same time and were baby neighbors in the NICU at Emanuel Hospital. We hadn't seen them in person since the kids were 2 years old. It was great to see them, and I even got a picture of Janelle and Nick together! How cool is that! :)

Janelle is not afraid to hold the fish, so we took a picture of her holding one of her trophies!



What is that saying - a bad day fishing is better than a good day at work ... well, it sure was a lot of fun!