Kayli Catches Her First Fish!

Kayli had such a great time when we met up with her cousins, Jake and Nick, at a recent event at our favorite farmstead. The event was sponsored by our cable company. They had free fishing, face painting, pony rides, wagon rides, inflatable slides, and feeding the baby goats. The weather couldn't have been better, and we couldn't have found a better way to "kick off" the summer!
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Thanks for getting the worms on my hook, Aunt Marion!

Ok, my pole's in the water, I'm ready for a fish...

Uh, Helloooo, I said I'm ready for a fish now...Anything? Anything?(Kayli kept pulling her bobber up onto the dock to see if her worm was still on the hook. I kept telling her that she needed to wait and be patient in order to catch a fish, and she told me "Oh, you mean 'be patient' like when you are trying to be patient with me when I am not listening?" Yes, that would be another way to look at it, Kayli.)

Oh Yeah, I DID IT, AHA, Oh Yeah!!!

Jake just kept reelin' in the fish, one after another!

Kayli says, Now, I'll be happy to pose for a picture, but just keep that flip-floppin-slimy lookin' thing away from me, ok?


Nick just kept getting his worms "stolen" right off his hook, one after another! Eventually, he caught a fish, using fish pellets from the quarter fish-food dispenser on the dock. He was convinced that he had finally caught the fish that had been stealing his worms as he proudly announced "I caught the stealer!"
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There was face painting...


Pony rides...

Feeding the goats with baby bottles...Awww, sooo cute...
The "baby goat experience" always starts off so cute and calm...
Then, before you know it, you're surrounded, and you only have one measly baby bottle to offer...
So, now one of the goats decides to eat your skirt, and your mom has to push her way in and yank it out of the goat's throat! (Notice that goat nuzzling up to the side of Kayli, grazing on her skirt? So sneaky, and quiet, and it doesn't take long before the skirt is halfway down his throat!)
Ok, now let's get some order here...
Alright... everybody line up... should we try this again?

Hey, now that calls for a "time-out", you get down!

And finally, my favorite pictures of the night, the thrill of the inflatable slide...