When the Cats Are Away...

....We go fishing.  

Our dear neighbors the Hendersons invited us kids (;) ) over for a fun evening of fishing, music, and food.  We had a complete blast.  Papa and Mama were off somewhere, so instead of being blue as indigo at home, we went and partied.  That's what's awesome about communities! :)

Anyone need fish?  Here at your service is Henderson/Lindsey fishing services.  We have discovered that (drum roll please)....

I'm a prolific fisherwoman.  

Riiiiiggggghhhhhtttt.  I literally didn't know how to hold a catfish.  But it was downright fun.

Michael reeled them in one after another.  Just can't outdo those little guys.

 We were gonna buy worms.  I was like "are you kidding? We're digging for 'em!"  So we did.  And it was hilarious!

 I mean, the south has HUMONGOUS spiders.  And Michael loves them. :)

Joey: Don't worry, I shut the electric fence off, you can just climb over.
LB Davis: JOEY!  Now the fish are gonna get out!!
Grandpa follows with gales of laughter.

Worms on the hooks. I forgot how much I love squirmy worms threading them on hooks.  Definitely a favorite pastime :s I promise if my husband likes to fish I'm going to sweet talk him into baiting my hooks every time.  NEVER, however, let it be said that I did not at least do it once.

And then you play the waiting game.  And wait a little more.  And then a lot more.  I'm still trying to figure out why it's so thrilling to have that bobber disappear.  What's with it?

Beck was proud of her bluegill.  It's funny, when you wait that long, you're proud of a lot.

 
Whoa hoss! Caleb reeled in a decent sized and high energy catfish.  Beeeyouteefull!

 

I like to fish. Fishing is always a way of relaxing.
Tom Felton

"What?!?!  Did my bobber go down? Do I have a fish?!?! Oh my goodness I have a fish!!!"

Yeah, I haven't caught a fish in a few years.  So I yelled and had fun.  Because I mean, how often in one night of a bunch of loud people around a pond are we gonna reel in a whopper catfish? Not many.

Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.
Dave Barry

And WHY are disgusting things so addicting?  Let's run through the list of fishing necessities.  I'm not really patient, I don't enjoy seeing things out of their world, confused and scared, I really don't like sitting on cow patties to do it, and I'm not a fan of dark, murky water. The only thing I have on the check list is that I love to eat fish.

But I would go fishing any old day.

The weirdness of life.

There's my girl! She was mean.  Very disturbed.  And squirmy.  So fun.

Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.
Edgar Watson Howe

Michael pulled in a decent catfish on his kid pole.  He felt sick all evening and still wanted to fish!!

Benuel Paul

You know all that jazz about brothers being annoying and the worst possible life sentence God could have ever dropped on us?  Yeah.  Well, I just don't have that plague.  I have really cool brothers.

Ben is the exception.

He's awesome.

 I mean how many guys do you know that wear pink and let you take pictures of them by flowers?  Oh yeah.  The pink thing.  I have to show you this picture.  Hold on a sec....

But that's not really fair.  Jared's incredible.  Caleb's rock solid.  Timothy's inspiring.  Michael's cute.  Anyway....

I just happen to like Ben a lot.  No favoritism.  Because Jared's my best friend.  Caleb's my protector.  Timothy's my special little brother.  I love Michael like crazy.

I digress, because surely if you aren't rolling your eyes you at LEAST get the point by now.

There's no other love like the love for a brother.
There's no other love like the love from a brother.
-Astrid Alauda

 

Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet.
-Vietnamese Proverb

Ben's a goofball.  His gift is making people laugh.  He works hard for the specified amount of time, and then has fun.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.
Groucho Marx

He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot.
Groucho Marx

I imagine this being a conversation Ben has with his wife someday:

Ben: "Do you like gardinia's?"
Wife: " Why Yes I Adore Them. How did you know?"

Ben: " I Didn't so I got you a forget-me-not instead." (from The Marx brothers)

That was a knee slapper Lis!  C'mon!  I'm serious, that right there was funny!  Ya hafta admit it!

It snowed last year too:
I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down
and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea.
-Dylan Thomas

That's pretty much why I love brothers.  They don't have a choice about it.  I don't have a choice about what brothers I get.  It's just mysterious and insane.  And I love it.

Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero.
-Marc Brown

Mostly, I love the way he praises the Lord on the piano.  It's beautiful.  I spent ten years of my life learning to play and read difficult pieces of music, and Ben just PLAYS and it's gorgeous.  Inspiring.  Touching.

Oh yeah, that's another thing about brothers.  They outdo you with EVERRRRYYYYTHHHIIINNNNG.  Oh well!


Yours,

Lis

PS: Words of wisdom from the peanut gallery.  If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother.
-Sam Levenson