Fishing at lake Josephine

This past week has been crazy. As in CRAzy!  

 Whoever said Summers were full of lazy days anyways?  

I'd like to go on record saying that Summers are not relaxing, and while I'm at it I'm just going to go out on a limb and also say that Sunday is actually not a day of rest either. 

  So there.    You heard it here first.  

I will say this though, we've gotten awfully good at pulling a fun little outing outta nowhere, and to our credit, we're getting a little bit better at dropping things (to do lists etc) and making time for family.  

Last Saturday was just such a time.

We made an impulsive decision to load up supper, pick up Grandpa and head down to Glacier again, this time to do a bit of fishing.

Supper was alright, (thanks to the amazing wonder box method) we had a fresh garden soup.  Unfortunately, due to the fact that I never salt our food...it could have been better;)    It's a good thing we were eating outside, as that always helps make food taste yummier.  

After the mediocre meal though, we took a little hike around Swift current lake, past the boat dock, and up another short trail to Lake Josephine.

I'd say it took us about 20 minutes tops to walk the two trails.   

And this is where we ended up!

Such a beautiful lake, and we were the only ones up here too.

We walked around to the rocky side of the shore (because clearly we were feeling dangerous) and all found our own spot to fish.  

Nate sat and watched, dipped his toes in the water, and cried to "go back to the van" a large chunk of the time.  (But that's just because that's where the ipad was;)   We made him just suffer on the rocks though.   As parents we feel that it is important to occasionally separate yourself from technology a bit and connect with nature.    

Here is Nate - connecting with Nature;)

Abby was the first to catch something.   (From the looks of this, she was about to eat it raw.  haha)

Then me!   I was super proud to have caught a fish when John never did;)  John says we weren't competing, but that's not true.   We were.      

It might look like I'm squeezing that poor fish to death, but that's not true either.

Jess was super excited to catch a fish.    Again, it was a little teeny one, but still!   

It turned out being a very adventurous night on the lake.    In total we caught 6 or 7 fish (everyone got lots of bites except for Sam), Grandpa got a bit wet (the rocks were definitely hard to navigate.  A few minutes later then Nate and Abby fell in the lake!   And then in an angry act of revenge Abby got PUSHED into the lake.    Then I got mad and said we were done for the night!  

Of course, on our walk back down to the van we had to stop and fish from the dock at swift current lake too;)   I gave in, despite the quickly setting sun, because I didn't want them to remember that I'd gotten mad at them.    

By the time we left, most everybody had had a fun and productive time fishing.   

Every body but Sam.

He did not manage to get a single bite that night, and was quite distraught about that.    I suppose it must have been hard to see everyone else catching fish and not catch one yourself.   (sigh...that doesn't happen to me very often though, so it's hard to relate;)   kidding.

As we walked along the trail back to the parking lot, I tried to console Sam and assure him that he really is a good fisher.    He wasn't about to be consoled anytime soon, in fact the harder I tried to cheer him up, the more defiant and determined he was to stay upset!   haha.  

 Take these two conversations for example:

Mom:  Sam, you realize that you do have the power to change your attitude right now, right?

Sam: Yeah. I know that.  But I don't have the power to catch a fish!  

Sam: This is the worst day ever!

Mom:  Sam, there is more to fishing then catching a fish.

Sam:  Like having fun?

Mom:  Yes, exactly.  Like having fun.

Sam: Well great! I'm not catching any fish, AND I'm not even having any fun.

I seriously love that kid, and I loved the whole night.