We have enjoyed a beautiful week at Smith Mountain Lake – even in April, we all managed to get too much sun and enjoy the boat! the Father is so good to us, isn’t He?

We all arrived on Sunday. Colt is loving his time with Gramps, Nana, and Jacob. We are missing Uncle Heath, Kelly, and Sarah for sure though – and Aunt B and Uncle Dale (the Baileys need to make this trip so we can miss them too)! We have fished, swam in the indoor pool, played at the beach, enjoyed the boat, played miniature golf, and even flew kites! I think Colt thinks he is in heaven

This is the view from our porch. . . so calm and beautiful –

Jacob is such a good cousin, and Colt just loves him. They’ve shared a lot of laughs

While the men got their lines ready, Colt lined up all of the bait/tackle that didn’t have any hooks. He was really into this fishing thing.

If you notice. . . my Dad is sitting on our back porch. We joked that “this is the life” (fishing off your porch, sitting with your family at a beautiful lake with perfect weather – we even caught a couple!).

So, there is a good story behind this fish – the men decided they wanted to run to the store and get some chicken livers for bait (ew). Mom and I were just sitting on the swing and talking – left to “keep an eye on the lines.” Well. . . of course, we got a bite. Not just any bite either. It was BIG one. . . So, yes, the 8 month pregnant lady takes off running down the steep hill fighting with this big catfish on the line. I even managed to jump some rocks onto the floating dock and keep the fish on the line while the men rushed home. (This is not a ‘fisherwoman’s tale’ either -haha).

So we put the fish in a small tub until David was ready to fillet him. Colt wanted to hold it, told it that he loved it. . . and even named it. I guess we need a pet catfish, huh? Ah, memories.

(It’s almost as big as Colt!)

I will post some more pics later – I think we are off to the zoo today!