Boys Night Out

While Makenna and I attended a fun girls night out at my fabulous neighbors home (thanks Maryam), Brett took McKay and Connor camping with his brother Mike and his boy, Brandon. Well, much to their chagrin, a lot of families had the same idea the weekend before school started. By the time they made it to the place they wanted to camp (the Spruces in Big Cottonwood Canyon) it was totally full. But, they did get to hike up to Donut Falls and then they had a big sleepover at Mike and Amz' house (thanks guys).

Connor and Brandon at the base of Donut Falls.
Brett did some fancy trick with our camera to get this picture. Yes, this is the same precious camera we almost lost in Yellowstone......thanks be to the soul who found it and turned it in.

Connor and B-ster at the top of Donut Falls. Brett had to carry each boy up to the top because it was such a steep climb. Uncle Mike stayed with McKay.

Brandon, Connor, McKay and Uncle Mike

Connor's First Fishing Trip

One of Brett's good friends from work asked if he could take him and Connor fishing. Brett jumped at the offer because Connor has always wanted to go fishing and neither of us really know how. I had gone once or twice with my Grandpa Harmon when I was younger, and Brett has little experience under his belt. Jared, apparently, is a professional! He knew this great little lake up American Fork Canyon and Connor had a wonderful time! He came home beaming and told me all about the 5 fish he caught. He also learned a lot about the fishing laws from Jared and was able to pass of a scouting requirement! He was thrilled about that too!

Here is Connor with Jared and one of his first catches of the day!

Can you just tell how excited he was about this fishing trip!? I love this picture of Connor. It just captures all he's feeling at that very moment: the thrill of catching another fish and the need to hold it far enough away from himself that it doesn't actually touch him! He just looks so happy and proud of himself at this moment. Fishing is all he's talked about for the last few days and the other night he told Brett, "I think I want to try fly fishing, dad." And Brett said, "Well, maybe you ought to practice regular fishing for now and get really good at that, and then try something else like fly fishing." Connor said, "Dad, I'm already a pro at that! Jared already taught me everything." It was pretty funny! Thank you Jared for taking time out of your schedule to take two of my boys fishing. They had a great time!