Seven Years ago....

Lisa and I on our Honeymoon... Many moons ago. Today was our anniversary - we spent the day with Miles and Kate... Visiting the Zoo.... Not quite the same as our Puerto Rico trip, but that's OK.

Discovering Nightcrawlers

I finally got the chance to go Nightcrawler "hunting" with Miles tonight. We had been talking about trying to find "big" worms for fishing - so far we had just dug up little ones near the compost pile... Well after a couple of good days of rain the opportunity finally presented itself tonight. Miles stayed up way past his bedtime so that we could let it get nice and dark out.... It was a so much fun to go out and show him the "big ones"... They laid out stretched around the grass - lots of them in the dark you could almost hear them moving, pulling leaves and seed pods from the Maple in the back yard. Miles was so excited and was amazed at how fast those worms would slip back underground. We would both wait patiently by the garden and back fence where there was just enough light to see the crawlers... Miles managed to sneak up on a couple and I had to show him how to quick grab the worm near the hole and if your lucky slowly tug on the worm until they seemed to resign themselves to being pulled free of the ground... He was amazed at how big they were and we had to keep a couple in a bucket to show Mom the next day. It was great father / son moment ! It reminded me of all the things that I used to love to do as a kid - fascinating. Miles talked about it for days and still mentions it after it rains... So we're on our way to many more nightcrawler hunts and future fishing expeditions I think!

Here's Trouble...

"Here's Trouble"

Miles and Emily on the Porch

Just what is Miles thinking? And could Emily "appear to not care" anymore...?