Stilson Family: King of the Lake

We finally had a weekend where we didn't have baseball games and we had no where else to go so we decided to go to the mountains and fish. The boys were so excited to go fishing. We ended up going to Pete's hole. The kids had so much fun. We started off going to the far side of the pond because there were so many people up there fishing. We caught quite a few fish there. Mason did the best there. It was fun to watch them fish because you could see the fish come right up to there line and bite it.

Tyler has gotten pretty good. We hardly even have to do much with him and he can cast it pretty good too.

Mason was pretty funny when he caught his fish he wouldn't even touch them for a picture, Jay had to do it for him.

Tyler really only needs help getting the hook out of the fishes mouth. He learned how to bait his own hook while we were up there this time.

When Elly and Drake weren't busy playing in the dirt they wanted to get their picture taken with every fish that was caught. Elly didn't like the way her hands were all slimy after holding the fish but at least she dared to hold it.

Drake was a little nervous around the fish, but he did dared to touch it finally.

Later in the day when some of the people ended up leaving we moved over to the other side and had good luck there too. I say good luck because I personally think that is all fishing is, just luck. Tyler did better on this side of the pond.

Drake played so hard that he ended up falling asleep for a while which was actually kind of nice.

Jay spent most of the day just trying to keep the hooks baited and getting the hooks out of the fishes mouths.

Mason finally decided holding the fish wasn't so bad. Mason was even able to do it with a smile on.

Towards the end of the day the boys decided they needed to make up a competition. We decided that they had until the sun was all the way behind the mountain to catch as many fish as they could and they were able to count all the fish they had got all the way to land today. When they started this competition Tyler was a couple of fish behind Mason, but he was sure he would be able to catch him since he was on a roll.

While we were gone about half way through the day Elly started getting a fever. She got back in the "biggie" and slept for a while. When she woke up she brought all the blankets and came out to lay on the ground by us. She spent the rest of the day under the blankets trying to stay warm.

We had to take the little grill with us so we could make some delicious hot dogs. Mason eats them really good when we are in the mountains or desert but not really anywhere else.

Drake had the best time laying in the road in the big holes playing. He spent a couple of hours here.

I loved this picture of Tyler just relaxing and fishing with the sun shining on the water. It was just a great day.

Every now and again Drake would take a break from playing in the road and come show us how dirty he was getting. He got his face pretty dirty.

Mason was pretty cute too when he was hanging out fishing.

The kids always think it is so fun to take pictures of me. I don't love it but I guess at least we have proof I was there.

Finally at the end of the day Jay was able to take a few minutes and fish for a few minutes.

By the time the sun was finally behind the mountain the boys and a winner of their competition, it ended up being a tie between the two boys. We had decided before the competition ended that whoever won would get to be called "King of the Lake" until we went fishing again. So they both get to be called "King of the Lake."