Lets Go Fishing!

Tim's days off were filled with two days of fishing. I agreed that Tim could take off Sunday night with a friend from work to go camp out and fish all Monday. They went up to Big Lake and had a good time. Although sleep deprived from elk calls and coyotes yelping, they caught a few fish and enjoyed the outdoors. Needless to say Tim was in the outdoorsy mood when he got home late Monday night. When he woke up Tuesday, he suggested that we go to Woods Canyon Lake and picnic... and, oh yeah, do a little fishing too!
(the beautiful view at Woods Canyon Lake)

So off we went with both kids and half our house in the car. It was really nice to get out of the hot weather, it made me excited for fall. We arrived a little later than we wanted (4:00pm and the park closed at 8:00) so things got a little crazy. Tim was ready to start fishing as soon as the pack-n-play was set up. But Abbey delayed that with having an accident before I could put my load down and take her to the bathroom!

(the pee pants)

She just sat down on a rock and peed. Thankfully we had a change of undies and her socks didn't get wet... but no second pair of pants (oops!). Once that was taken care of, along with Mike being changed, we settled in to see Tim catch some fish. Mike was happy to be in his pack-n-play and look out at the view.

(nothing like being right in nature!)

Abbey, on the other hand, was intrigued but impatient. She would sit with Tim a little and then want to "go home to Abbey's house." I think Tim was a little disappointed that she wasn't all that into the fishing. But she did sit with him for awhile while he taught her about fishing (it was really cute, she would ask him "what are you doing dad?" and point out that the fish were going to "eat," she even wanted to fish declaring "Abbey's turn!")

(Daddy's little girl, excuse the no pants!)

I got to enjoy a little exploring with Abbey while she chatted away about going "bye-bye" and "home." (I think she was looking for the car!) Then she sat with Tim again and proceeded to throw her shoe in the lake! Great, now she can't walk around to keep entertained, what to do!!

(the wet shoe that was fished out of the lake, no pun intended!)

So we asked a whiny, all over the place, pants less, shoeless, Abbey (note the picture above!) if she wanted to go in the pack-n-play. To my surprise she did! That was the best because she was happy and contained!

(here she is reading Mike's book)

She would climb up the side and let go to fall on her back thinking it was the funniest thing ever! Tim was able to enjoy fishing with catching two in the short amount of time we had. He loves to be in nature and fish!

(look at that satisfied smile on his face!)

I enjoyed watching Tim and playing with the kids outside in nature.

(My handsome Mike, happy with a full tummy!)

Notice my backdrop with Abbey's pee pants, Mikes diaper and the baby carrier! Ahhh, the joys of being a mom!

To end our outing... I went up to the picnic area to start some coals to make our dinner of hot dogs. I was startled by Tim yelling "ABBEY!" Turns out she had another accident! Right after I tried getting her to go in the smelly, scary bathroom with no luck! So now she was half naked and sitting in the car until dinner was ready. Good thing everyone else had left, it was now 7:00, and it was quickly getting dark! I have no idea how Tim was able to see enough to cook our food because it got dark really quick. We were hassled, oops I mean reminded, by the forest guy that the park closed at 8:00 and we made it out eating in the car by 7:45! A quick stop in Payson to feed Mike again and buy Abbey some undies and pj's, and we were on our way home to bed. We got home a little late but we had a fun filled day for sure!