Fishing with the Cotners

Kelley had told Will that he would like to take him, his little boy Colton, and his dad up fishing on Tuesday.

All the weather forecasts said it was going to be COLD!  But Will had taken the day off work and we didn't know if we'd get another chance to go this year, so we went for it.

I may have mentioned this little boy before...we have babysat him some, and he loves to come over and look at the fish and see Keddy.  He is about the cutest kid you ever saw and sweet as can be, but he is the absolute busiest kid I've ever met.  He can't sit still for a second and ( I like Colleen's description of a two year old) watching him is like trying to control a blender without a lid!  He runs from one thing to the next,  he has no fear of anything...which causes some anxiety when he heads straight for the pond.

Anyway, I was a little nervous of having him on the boat....there are lots of poky, sharp things there and I wouldn't be one bit surprised to see him climb right over the edge and jump in. 

 And you know how guys are....Awwwww, he'll be fine...no worries!  The boat had not been child proofed,  in fact, there are lures and hooks all over the place... so I was a little bit worried.

He was pretty much mesmerized by all the buttons and knobs and switches on the dashboard of the boat.  Kelley held him and let him steer while he was driving the boat.  He loved that! He let him push the horn button while we were driving, but then told him not to  while we were fishing cause it would scare the fish away.  Ha!  As if!  Colton tried to not push the button, but it was just too much fun!

 He wanted to take off his shoes and socks so he could take a nap down under the cabin....that lasted for about  15 seconds.    But then he didn't want to put them back on again!

It was REALLY cold.  Not so bad when we first got there, but then the wind started to blow and it made it unbearable.  The men were all very manly though and powered through it...KC was up on the front of the boat...I don't know how he could stand it.  Will's dad said he was used to this kind of weather ( just moved here from Oregon) and stayed outside the whole time.. 

I was pretty content to just stay inside by the heater, play with Colton and watch my pole from there.  ( "Oh Kelley...would you bait my hook...and cast it out....and catch my fish for me?")  I got a few good bites, but didn't catch anything.  I guess that's the price I paid for fishing from inside the boat!

Kelley and KC caught a few...Will caught one too.

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Colton had just gotten potty trained and was doing really well.  When he started doing the potty dance, Will asked him if he needed to make bubbles or poop.  He said he needed to poop.  Oh dear...our potty is only set up to handle pee.  Will had put a diaper on him cause he didn't know if he could go all day, so he told him to just go ahead and go in his diaper, then he would change it.  Colton  really didn't want to and I felt so bad that he had to do that.  Finally he said "I'm trying, but it's stuck!"  Ha Ha!  he is such a funny kid. 

Will had brought a whole cooler full of lunch for us all so that was really nice.  We stayed most of the day, trying a bunch of different spots, but never had a lot of luck.

There was a big bald eagle sitting on this rock...cant see it very well, but it was cool.

Kelley was taking a fish KC caught off the hook and the fish bit him!  Ha!  Just what that finger needed!

It was a fun day with their cute family!