Fishing Trophies

So for those of you who have not heard or seen, Jeff had an exciting fishing trip this week. His district at work gets together quarterly for meetings where they usually participate in a team-building activity one of the days they are gone. I'm telling you...sometimes Jeff really has it rough at work. This time his district manager took their team fishing at Lake Martin, which is about 30 miles East of Oxford where we live. The boats had guides and Jeff's boat hit the jackpot! He said that they caught over 20 fish between the 4 people on the boat in less than 2 hours...Jeff caught 7 himself. The highlight of the trip however, was Jeff catching a 26 pound striped bass. After a 30 minute fight and a couple of bumps and bruises, Jeff wrestled the fish in. We are now in the process of preserving the prize fish...yes, we are having it mounted. Don't ask me where we are going to put it...probably next to the deer head in the garage, but anyway it is pretty exciting! Here is the picture to prove it!

Speaking of Fish, having a pool at our house has definitely brought out the "fish" in our kids. Well, we have always known that Bayley was a fish. She has loved the water from day one and has always been good in and around water. Kendal on the other hand, wouldn't even put her foot in the pool less than 2 months ago. These days she is jumping in, she wants to dive under the water with her eyes opened, she is willing to play rough with Bayley, and is pretty much completely independent in the pool (of course with her Speedo floating swimming suit on). Trey also loves the water. He loves to pound the water with an open hand splashing any and everyone that is in his path. He is drenched by the time it is time to get out and really seems to enjoy it. We are looking forward to a fun summer!