Father's Day!

Father's Day arrived and we were so excited to get Daddy up and give him his presents!

We took these pictures in Grandma's backyard...

and then put them on a water bottle that we made and ordered through Target, so cute!  We also got him some new shirts and an apron we made!

Garrett wanted to take the boat out to Lake Hodges, a lake not far from our house.  The kids were suited up in their vests and anxious to go!  Garrett backs the truck down and jumps in the boat and backs it out, then I drive the car and trailer up to the parking area and walk back.  This time the parking area was quite a distance from the launch area, so Garrett said he'd get the boat going and swing around toward the parking area to pick me up.  I waited down at the dock area for quite awhile and they never came around the bend.  I finally figured something was wrong so I ran back and yep, the motor was flooded and not working so we had to use the trolling motor all day, slow going.

 

Our excellent boat driver.  Even though we only had the trolling motor, Garrett made it work and we got out to a nice place to fish.  He also wore the tshirt we made him for Father's Day last year. :)

Garrett is also the pole preparer since I'm not too schooled in how to bait the hook.  But the kids patiently wait their turn and then love holding the rod and watching the bobber.  Shortly after this photo, Tatum dropped her pole in the water, whoops!  Luckily the bobber was visable so Garrett hooked her line and saved the pole. 

In the lower section of this picture, you can see the depth finder.  Garrett had it running back at the house and was excited to use it this trip but when we got out there, it wasn't working either.  Broken motor, broken depth finder, Garrett says we need a new boat. :)

 

This face says, "Don't mess with me while I'm fishing!"  Such a serious fisherman. :)

He thought he caught something, just some brush.

But how fitting that Garrett caught the only fish we got that day! 

Happy Father's Day!

The kids enjoyed touching the fish before Garrett threw him back in.

But Ty really loved the bait fish we had in the live well. 

These two are too cute!

 

After a full day of fun, we headed back to the house where Grandma came over with Lobster tail for the important man of the day.  We also had creamed corn and yummy salad, and the cook wore his new apron.  All in all, a wonderful Father's Day together.