Gone Fishin'

For Bill's birthday, Bill, Nolan, and I went to Cabela's to buy a new reel for his fishing pole.  Nolan loved the fish at Cabela's!  He kept walking up to the tanks and trying to say fish.  Bill wanted to buy Nolan his first fishing pole.  Of course, I said Nolan had to have a life vest if he was going to be fishing.  Bill and Nolan decided on a Spiderman fishing pole and it lights up!!  I had to search the store high and low to find a life vest small enough for Nolan, but Cabela's had one.  I tried it on Nolan and he thought it was pretty cool.

 Poot checking out the fish in his styling life vest

Not a fan of the Davey Crocket hat

Friday we were able to test out Bill's new reel and Nolan's new pole.  We kept the rubber fish on the end instead of a hook for Poot;  he thought he was cool though.  Bill caught a 2lb bass right off the bat.  The new reel was magic! ;)  Nolan was fascinated by the fish.  He kept petting it and trying to stick his hand down the fish's throat.

 The Proud Fisherman

What's in there dada?

Nolan liked sitting in his chair and reeling the line back in.  Nana had to help cast the line for him though.  After awhile, Nolan/Nana caught the fish on a rock and Bill had to brave the chilly water to untangle the line.

Nice legs daddy!!

We had a great time fishing!  Nolan would rather ride on the Kubota, but I'm sure one day he will enjoy fishing with Bill.

Happy Easter!

Bill, Nolan, and I are truly blessed to have such a wonderful family in our lives.  On Saturday, we went home to celebrate Bill's birthday/ Easter with G & G Purcell and G & G Funderburk.  On Sunday, we celebrated Easter at Nana and Papa's house with both sides of my family.  Nolan had a great time playing and seeing all of his family members.

This morning Nolan woke up, I wanted him to have an egg hunt by himself before church.  The temperature was chilly and the grass was wet, so Nolan did not want to go into the grass and look for eggs.    I snapped a couple of pictures of Poot before heading to church with Nana and Papa.

After church, we headed back to the house to finish setting up for Easter dinner.  Nolan kept saying, "Go Go Go."  He loves to take rides on the Kubota, so Papa took him for a ride to entertain him for awhile.

Family started to arrive for dinner and Nolan was excited to see everyone.  Unfortunately, when it was time to eat Nolan became grouchy and wasn't wanting to eat... nap time!  Poot went down for a nap and Bill and I visited with family.  It started to warm up outside and the other kiddos began hunting for eggs.  Nolan missed the Easter egg hunt, but that's okay.  I would rather him have a nice nap and be in a better mood.

Once Nolan, awoke from his nap I had Aunt Kelby take some pictures of the family.  Nolan was still tired and didn't want his picture taken.  He was a trooper for mommy, while I snapped away in different spots.

Cuddling with Nana because he is still a little sleepy

Nana fed Poot, while we were hanging out.  After Nolan had some food in his belly, he was in a great mood.  I finally was able to take a picture and have a smile!!  Bill and Papa were fishing, so Nolan was really excited and running around the place.

The day ended up being perfect! Beautiful weather and awesome family time.  My dad says the weather we have on Easter Sunday is the weather we are going to have for the next six weeks, I will take it!!  Hope everyone had a great Easter!

Easter Egg-Citement at Eckert's

Perfect weather for an Easter Egg Hunt!!  Today, we ventured to Eckert's for the Easter Egg-Citement Extravaganza!  Tiffany, Madison, Grant, Gary, and Wendy joined in on the fun with Bill, Nolan, and I.  

While at Eckert's, Nolan was able to pet a bunny and baby chicks, take a wagon ride, meet a lamb, take his picture with the Easter Bunny, and find easter eggs during the egg hunt.  Nolan did great with the baby chicks, I think because he is used to being around them at Nana and Papa's house.  He wasn't afraid of the bunnies either.  Nolan kept trying to climb in the troughs to play with the animals.

 Almost got one......

 "What's that?"

 Right after I took this picture, Nolan tried to rip the pelt right off of this poor bunny.  He grabbed a fist full of hair and yanked.  Luckily, Bill caught him and put the bunny back safely and with no hair missing.

Nolan buried the ole Massey! 

Poot was NOT a fan of the lamb.  The guy held the lamb up and it baa'ed right into Nolan's face.  He held onto Bill for dear life, but didn't cry.

Onto the Easter Egg Hunt...

 Patiently awaiting the announcer to finish his count down so the kiddos could head out....

 and we're off...

 Nolan's Very First Easter Egg Find!

 Poot is so proud of his find!!

 WOW!

 Madison, Grant, and Nolan

 Nolan's meltdown.  He didn't want to look for more eggs.  He wanted to play with the ones he already had.

The goodies were not age appropriate for the little kids.  The eggs contained small erasers, coins, and rings.  I had to go through all of the eggs and remove the goodies, but Nolan didn't mind.  He liked opening and closing the eggs.

After the egg hunt, we made our way down to the store to meet the Easter Bunny.  Nolan was not liking the bunny at all.  It was so hot outside and he was waring down.

All of the adults and kids were red faced and hot, so we went inside and rested in the A/C.  The kids were able to put icing and sprinkles on a cookie for a snack.  The rosy red cheeks started to subside, so we decided to head back out and take a wagon ride.  On the way out, I wanted to have a picture of Nolan taken with the Easter bunny one more time.  He did great this time!!

I wish we could have taken a picture with our camera, because the quality isn't the greatest with the store's camera.  Oh well, it is still a cute picture!!

Onto the Wagon Ride.....

The Extravaganza was coming to a close and we decided to say goodbye to the bunnies.  

I figured Nolan would be exhausted because of the heat and activities.  We said our goodbye's and loaded into the car.  I gave Nolan his sunglasses to entertain him while we were driving.  He became really quiet about ten minutes later and I looked back to see him like this.

SO MUCH EASTER EGG-CITEMENT AT ECKERT'S!! What a fun and memorable day.  Poot had a great time, as well as Bill and I.