A little ice fishing, a little duck hunting, a lot of fun!

Clint is now on overnights which is very bittersweet.  He gets to see us all more; in the morning when he gets off work and then in the evening he is home for dinner and the kids bedtime.  I really like those parts, but he doesn't sleep as well, so that is hard on him.  Then on the weekends we get all crazy and do what we did on Friday.  Clint got home and we decided to head straight out to Willow Creek for some ice fishing.  It was supposed to snow and rain on Saturday and then get subzero temperatures again.  So, we decided to get out there before it got too nasty. 

We had a great time, Dane pulled in his very first fish.  He has helped us before, but his fine motor skills were still developing, so it was hard to grasp the line and pull the fish in without dropping the line a hundred times or getting wrapped up in it.  When this would happen he would get frustrated and tell us to do it.  Well, this was about a 12" trout and he did it all by himself!  I didn't get it on video, but I will try to the next time we get out.  He was so stinkin' proud. 

He was almost as excited about pulling Sis in the sled, and I did get some pictures of that.



Daddy and his Princess




A nice trout on a sunny day!



Then on Saturday we snuck down to the Missouri for a little duck hunting.  We had both kids, so the kids and I were Clint's cheering squad.  It ended up getting really windy and cold, so Dane didn't last too long before saying that he was done and wanted to go home.  Clint did shoot a couple ducks while we were there...  Here is Dane with one of them!



A golden eagle that flew over checking out the decoys



Lastly...  here is a picture of Little Kimber.  She is getting SO big and fun.  I think she will be mobile sooner rather than later...  not necessarily good news for us.  :)  Cause I think we will have our hands full once she can get where she wants to go!

Wearing Papa's hat!