Fishing at Strawberry

Well we had our "annual" weekend fishing trip at Strawberry a couple weeks ago. I say "annual" because we haven't done it in 3 or 4 years! But that's what my dad calls it! :)

We roughed it on Friday night at the lodge. We had a fun sleepover! Ashley and Gracie LOVE sleepovers!

We got up and ate a delicious breakfast at the lodge restaurant and then out on the boat! It was soooo cold! Ashley was so excited that Grandpa let her drive the boat!!!

Ashley "caught" the first fish! Grandpa helped her reel it in! We had to throw back a lot of the fish we caught! (You can only keep certain sizes of cut throats and any size of rainbow- and we could only catch cut throats!!)

The dumb people we rented the boat from forgot to give us a net so awesome Matt and Dad had to grab the fish with their hands to bring it into the boat each time! They did an awesome job and didn't lose even one fish! One time a fish leaped out of Matt's hands and landed right on Gracie's feet and started flopping around like crazy. Gracie and Ashley freaked out!!!! You can just see the horror on their faces! Ashley said, "I never want to come fishing again!!"

They also hated that the fish would bleed when we got them on the boat. Once they realized they could sit on the back of the boat and not watch my Dad get the hooks out, they were fine! Ashley was a cute big sister and would say to Gracie, "Just don't look at it."
Gracie is the silliest girl in the world! She loves doing weird things like this -- sitting with Grandma and schmooshing her face all up with her lifejacket!

Mom was brave and caught a fish too!

I have the cutest little brother in the world!

My dad LOVES to fish! He has his cute little fishing vest and 2 sets of glasses to do what he needs to do! Thanks Dad for a fun time!!

We were on the boat for like 10 hours that Saturday. It was a blast! And Ashley and Gracie were soooo good! They kept themselves busy and laughing and just loved it! Every time we'd catch a fish Ashely would say, "Ah man it's a cut throat!!" And Gracie still keeps saying. "We like to catch Rainbow fish."

I was a lucky little fisherwoman that day! Sometimes my line would be in the water for 2 minutes and I'd get a bite! I had to throw several back, but it was so fun! I really don't like to touch fish... or eat fish.... but it's fun to catch them! Is that bad?!

Here's the whole fam (That came anyway - missing Austin, Erika, Lindsay and Brandon :( ) How can it be that we're all looking at the camera and smiling?! It's an Annual Strawberry Fishing Trip miracle!

Andrea FINALLY caught a fish at the end of the day. The poor girl hadn't caught anything in years. Too bad we had to throw it back - but not before a pic!!! Good job, Ange!

See ya next year (or in 3 years), Strawberry!