One Hot Summer Family Fun Day

For Darrin's birthday last fall I had given him a one-day fishing license for him and myself as well as a fishing rod for Rebekah. I had anticipated us going fishing as a family, but the day the license was to be used ended up being too cold, so Darrin offered to take a rain check.

Yesterday Tennessee had a free fishing day, and a license wasn't required, so we took the opportunity to head to the pond on our church property and go fishing in the morning. We didn't get out there until after 10:00, and it was already getting quite warm out. Still we had a nice time. Rebekah was more interested in reeling in the line than waiting for a fish to bite. Soon after Darrin got the line out there, Rebekah would wait just a little while before she started reeling it in.

Poor Darrin didn't get to spend much time fishing. He was busy helping Rebekah and me with our lines so much, although I didn't do much fishing myself. I had not gone fishing since I was a girl with my Daddy and Grandpa, and I don't do worms, so Darrin had to take care of all of that for me and give me a few pointers. Rebekah and I did get a bite each on our lines, but we never caught anything.

The sun got pretty hot after a while, so we didn't stay out for long. Here are a few pictures from our morning at the pond.

Daddy helps Rebekah get started


Rebekah fishes for the first time


Right down Darrin's alley


Aww! How sweet! Joshua even enjoys fishing with Daddy.


Mommy even takes a turn. (You can see our new church building in the background.)


After lunch and a nap for Joshua we went to a birthday party for one of Rebekah's playgroup friends. Kimberly turned 2 on Friday, and her parents gave her an outdoor party complete with a swimming pool, baby pools, a water slide, and other outdoor toys. The kids had a blast! Rebekah had more fun on the water slide. She did have a scary moment in the pool because her feet slipped out from under her when she climbed in and she fell under the water, but she was okay. It didn't keep her from trying the pool again later, and I was really proud of her for not letting it scare her from using the pool again.

Rebekah sliding down the water slide



Joshua plays in the baby pool


Rebekah enjoys the big kid pool. This pool is really nice! It's not too deep for the preschoolers, but big enough for adults.


Joshua loved it when I slid him down the toddler slide into the kiddie pool. He wanted to do this over and over again.



Kimberly, Mommy Petra, and big sister Pia all blow out the candles.


Happy 2nd Birthday, Kimberly!


What a fun party! We had a great time! After such a big day we were exhausted, but we had an enjoyable family day.