This year marks 20 years since Matt graduated from high school. Man how time flies. Well he and his buddies decided instead of going to Bear "River", they wanted to go to a river in Montana and fish together! I will have to have Matt sit down and blog about the trip. All I know is he caught the biggest fish of his life and he now wants to move to Montana. We were relieved that he decided to come back home :)
It's so cute because anything Matt is into or if he gets really excited about something, the kids get really into it too. So Monday night we went to a nearby pond and fished for FHE (and we actually caught an 8 inch Bass) and then the night before Matt left on his trip he looked up all kinds of U-Tube videos of people fishing and he had the kids undivided attention for over an hour watching all these videos. By the time they were done Matt was quizzing them on what kind of fish they were, and they are now the experts on identifying German Browns, and rainbow trout. I should have been paying closer attention, now I have to ask Luke when I get stumped. :) Then the whole time Matt was gone the kids played "fishing". Luke would throw out a piece of yarn onto the carpet and Gavin was the fish. Gavin would hang on and Luke would reel him in and then grab him and struggle to get the hook out of Gavin's mouth. It was quite entertaining to watch. I just love how they look up to their dad sooo much!
Matt took some great pictures and it was so fun to see him so excited when he got back...
It's so cute because anything Matt is into or if he gets really excited about something, the kids get really into it too. So Monday night we went to a nearby pond and fished for FHE (and we actually caught an 8 inch Bass) and then the night before Matt left on his trip he looked up all kinds of U-Tube videos of people fishing and he had the kids undivided attention for over an hour watching all these videos. By the time they were done Matt was quizzing them on what kind of fish they were, and they are now the experts on identifying German Browns, and rainbow trout. I should have been paying closer attention, now I have to ask Luke when I get stumped. :) Then the whole time Matt was gone the kids played "fishing". Luke would throw out a piece of yarn onto the carpet and Gavin was the fish. Gavin would hang on and Luke would reel him in and then grab him and struggle to get the hook out of Gavin's mouth. It was quite entertaining to watch. I just love how they look up to their dad sooo much!
Matt took some great pictures and it was so fun to see him so excited when he got back...
Here is our FHE Bass
And here is Matt's trip...
There he is...Matt's pride and joy, his BIGGEST fish! A German Brown that was about 22"-23" and about 5 lbs.
Matt, James Roylance, Cole Corgatelli, Jeff Gibbs, and John Hess
4 comments:
Matt did have a great time, didn't he? That has been a wonderful group of friends over the years. We'd have loved to be a fly on the wall during some of their conversations and reminiscing! We're so glad he is home safe and sound to those who are most important to him!
Did he bring any fish home?
I loved seeing his pictures on Facebook. And I love that the kids got so into fishing! Our girls are earning a fishing trip with their dad right now. Chloe made him a book for Father's Day LAST year and the last page said, "Let's go fishing!" Well, they never have and now she's getting a little bitter about it. She's earning the reward of a fishing trip right now and Stanton promises he'll follow through. :)
Anyway...I'm so glad Matt got to go with those guys. So cool.
Wow!!! That just took me down memory lane. I can remember having those kids in our home. The funny things they would do and say. I wondered if they would all grow up... haha.... and look at that they did!!!! It was so fun to see pictures of them. I'm so glad Matt had a great time. Tell them all hi from the Sandall Fam!!!
MATT!!!! That fish is HUGE! Looks like you had a great trip. So happy for you. :) Looks like your kids were happy to have you home.
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