First Fish!

So as a dad you get some moments that you love and look forward to.  I am not a huge fisher myself.  I loved to go fishing with my stepdad growing up and have plenty of great memories with him.  So the other day Zachary and I got to go fishing for USSynthetic fishing day.  The company puts together a day each year for people to go fishing and have some lunch.  Rachel was tied up with Youth Conference for her calling so I decided to just go and I take Zachary along for some father and son time.  I figured that we maybe would get all of 20 minutes of fishing before he gave up but oh well, right?

So we drove down to Salem Pond and I casted out.  Not 10 seconds later I had a bump and Zachary got to reel in his first fish.  He was excited and kept telling it "Hello Fishy!"  We took some of the obligitory pictures that ended up being cute.

When it came time to leave Zachary wanted to hold his fish for the ride home.  Luckily our lunch came in a box so I threw the fish in for the drive home.  

Back home I explained to Zachary that we needed to gut the fish so we could eat him.  He was a little worried about me cutting his fish up but in the end he was okay with it.  We will probably cook the tiny fillets tonight and split it between him and I.  Rachel still won't eat trout.  

Ahh.  The joys of being a dad.  I love it.

Seriously.  Look at that kid!  He was so happy!  I am so blessed to be able to have these little moments with him.  They remind you why you suffer through sleepless nights of crying and tantrums.  I love this kid.