Listen up Fishy!

I had forgotten about this picture until I was looking at them closely the other night. I didn't notice this until I asked her if she had turned off her MP3 so the batteries wouldn't die. Then she showed me this and said she didn't want to turn it off because her fishies were listening.

The Best Fish Story!

Last Friday our family went fishing at Mrs. Tammy's house from our church. They let us go fishing but they are not stocking the pond any longer so we threw all the fish back that we caught. We went with our friends Bro. Joel and Mrs. Pam. Our homeschool group had gone fishing the day before at Broad River Greenway and Naomi really wanted to fish. She did get to with someone elses pole and then got really sick that night. Abigail and Naomi were throwing up all evening and we weren't sure they would be better to go on Friday. Daddy had promised that we could go fishing the week before but it happened to be our anniversary so we put it off until last week. The girls ended up feeling better about 11:00 pm and slept with Mommy. Just a short bug. I went to Walmart Friday morning and got 3 new poles, (because only Daddy had a pole).

The girls were so excited to be going fishing. We stopped at a fast food place on the way and Ken asked Naomi what she wanted to eat. She looked at him with sad eyes and said I want to eat the fish we catch. She looked pitiful! She was about to cry. Daddy quickly explained that we had to eat now on the way to fishing. She is Daddy's girl! We were fishing with just worms so there wasn't much biting. Naomi had here pole all set up with a bobber and fished for a little while. Then she wanted to go across the pond to see Nicole and Chey. I did catch a small bass. I had the smallest catch of the night. Caleb caught one too and I thought I got a picture but I guess not.

When Naomi got tired Abigail took over.

My little Catch!

When I caught the fish Naomi had to come see but not touch!

Abigail just screamed at it. Surprise! Surprise!

Everything settled down and Naomi wanted a sew worm on her hook because hers wasn't working anymore. So Daddy hooked her up and then she got bored again. She set her pole down next to Ken and I was about 10 feet away. My bobber was near hers so I said I would watch it for her. The next thing I know, I checked on her bobber and it was gone. I yelled to Ken, "Get Naomi's pole! The Pole! The Pole!" I was running and yelling but to no avail. Her pole was taken right down the back and into the water. Now let me take a moment to say that I am so glad Abigail was not holding on to that pole right then. It would have taken her right in!!!

All I could think is that Naomi was going to start crying because Daddy lost her pole to the fish. Now, Ken had been fishing on the bottom in the middle of the pond. Thinking quickly, he started reeling his line in quickly with the small chance that he might catch the pole. I caught something!!! It was really had to pull in and he wasn't sure if he was caught or what. Then finally we saw what he had caught! THE POLE!!!

Bro. Joel grabbed Naomi's pole and began fighting with the fish on the line. Luckily Ken had just adjusted the drag on it before he threw it in.

Bro. Joel reeling it in.

Check out this catfish that had stolen Naomi's pole!!!

She didn't want to touch him either! But she does say that she caught the biggest fish because it WAS her pole that caught it!

NOW do you see why I said I am glad Abigail wasn't holding on to that pole!!!!

Mrs. Tammy came out to see what all the noise was about and Mrs. Pam wouldn't get close enough to the fish. So Abigail went to Mrs. Tammy to see it. She wouldn't touch it though.

The Boys with their trophy!

Who would have thought you could catch a fishing pole with a fishing pole:)

More Birthday gifts for Naomi

Naomi's birthday was actually on a Tuesday. We have sewing class at Mom's house so she called me to see if we wanted to celebrate before class. It was a total surprise to her. She wanted a monkey party but I couldn't get a monkey cake in Dollywood so Mom got a Monkey cake. She was so excited. She got her Monkey Party!

Opening gifts. A butterfly pillow form Aunt Beck and Uncle Ted.
Also from Uncle Ted and Aunt Beck, a bedspread. She loves It! It has butterflies on it.
MONEY from Nicole
A fur real baby ape from Nanny and Paw Paw.
Abigail likes playing with it too. She really likes that it makes noises at her.

Oh, I forgot to take a picture of the Strawberry Shortcake she got form her little friend Michaela. It came with a hair beader and bead to put in Strawberry's hair. Chey discovered that the beads she got for Christmas work with this hair beader. So Naomi asked to put some in her hair. She said she wanted to look like the little girls at bus church. LOL! I was putting Abigail to sleep when I came out I found this. She had 20 strands in her air!!!

Grams and Pops sent money and she had been begging for an mp3 player, so we went and got her one. Then she started begging for a fish. So I thought "No big deal. Get a bowl and marbles form dollar tree and get some fish that won't die form the pet store. Well, needless to say when Daddy took her to the pet store, the women sold to Naomi, the Ariel tank and 2 fish like Elmo's fish Dori. Nothing else was going to do.

Daddy set up the tank just like he was suppose to and put the balancing solution in the water. The first fish died the second night and the 2ND fish died a week later. I took a sample of the water to the pet store and they said the acid level was high and the chlorine level was high. Anyway, she now has a spotted gold fish and a little neon. Hopefully they will live a little longer. Naomi already has picked out what she wants when these fish die.

Happy Birthday Naomi!

I am finally getting some pictures of Naomi's birthday and trip to Dollywood. She wanted to go for her birthday and My niece Emily got to go too which made it much more fun for her. This is Abigail reading a book on the trip to Tennessee.

We stopped at Cracker Barrel to eat and the kids loved the rocking chairs outside.

We got to the hotel around 8:00 pm and the kids wanted to go swimming before the pool closed. I did not bring the cake and ice cream for her birthday for obvious reasons. So I ran to Walmart just a little ways away while they went swimming. We had cake and ice cream at about 10:00 pm. Needless to say it was a while before the girls went to sleep BUT Mom took Naomi and Emily for a sleep over to her room. I think they were up until about 12:30 or so. What a great Nanny and PawPaw!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY!

Wide Awake!
I Got a necklace from Cheyenne to Naomi that had big sister and little sister necklaces. She was excited about that.
Emily gave her a magnetic dress up dolls set. Really cool. They had to open it right away and play.

A necklace set from Nanny and PawPaw for every day of the week.
Abigail was eating Naomi's left over cake and had it all over her.
Going to Nanny's room!! Can't you just see the excitement!
The next morning we went to Dollywood. It was raining all morning until about the time we got there. It only rained 1 more time when we went to eat. It was a bit chilly all day.
Abigail's first ride!

Abigail's first real ride that goes up in the air. She liked it!


Abigail could have gone by herself but I was afraid she would stand up without Sissy there.

Emily is pouting because she didn't want to ride by herself in the back.
On the saucer Naomi said she was going to puke! She was joking.
Naomi on the roller coaster. She loved this! She didn't get to ride last time we went to Dollywood because it broke down.
Emily on the roller coaster.

Naomi and her new bunny Flopsy that she made.

As you can see Ken was already tired and PawPaw was reading anytime he sat down. We had to wait for the show to start.

The Rhythm of the Dance was the highlight of the day for Naomi. She wanted to dance like them all day and then in her church shoes the next day.
Abigail even liked it! Daddy didn't let Naomi drive for some reason.

Abigail loved driving.
Mom and Emily
Mom and Ron
Here's the gang except Mom. She took the picture.
Before we left the girls wanted to get wet and this is where the guns were too. These air cannon guns shoot these yellow ball at a tree in the net. Abigail even got into this.

Just before we left the girls had to get wet. They love the shooting water.

Abigail just wanted to find a place to sit down and watch.
Very Tired!

While driving on the way to Dollywood we were trying to keep Abigail occupied. She liked the animal book so we started doing animal sounds. This is Naomi's imitation of a horse.