We drove up Friday (May 26) and slept at the cabin, then spent the next day enjoying cousins, going for walks, eating together and waiting for the men to finish fishing. Sunday we went to church in the Island Park ward, then spent more time with family playing games, watching shows and eating. Monday we took two boats out on Henry's Lake and tried our hand at catching fish.
Seth and Winnie (with her princess pole). Seth, Andrea, Justin, Rachel, Uncle Jim, Miriam, Winnie, Cooper, Kelsey and Hudson all fished from Jim's friend's pontoon boat. Grandpa Dennis, Grandma Susan, Rebekah, Analee, Mack and Tav fished from Grandpa Hendricks' boat.
Miriam got to fish with a real pole, hook and worm this year.
Grandpa Dennis and Analee with the 12+ pound fish they caught. ("They" is used loosely here; Analee helped reel for a little while after Grandpa had it hooked.)
Two boatfuls of people on the lake.
Rachel and Seth fishing with our other boat in the distance.
Hudson was a little sad, so Uncle Jim let him drive the boat.
Winnie, Seth and Miriam enjoying the view and the breeze as the boat speeds back to the dock.
Highlights of the trip:
- Although none of our immediate family caught a fish, Uncle Justin, Uncle Jim, Mack and Grandpa Dennis all caught one each.
- Bekah and Ana were invited to sleep over at Grandma and Grandpa Hendricks' cabin where the Papworths were staying. All was well and good until Tav woke up in the wee hours of Sunday throwing up. After that, the girls came and stayed at Rachel and Justin's cabin.
- While on a walk Monday morning, Hudson proclaimed, "Puppy!" and Analee started calling for it to come on over. Then I exclaimed, "That's a coyote!" and it ran away.
- Two little kid poles were dropped over the edge of the boat, but both were retrieved by hooking the bobber and then pulling the line up until the pole came.
- Winnie's purple hat blew off while we were cruising back to the dock, much to her dismay. Uncle Jim offered to go back for it, but it had sunk out of sight by that time.
- Seth and Justin tried their hardest to rid the cabin of the rock chucks that have taken up residence there, but they were foiled. Sneaky rock chucks.