Our sad attempt at fishing!

This summer has flown by and with me working, we haven't had much of a chance to do many fun things as a family. I decided that I would take the kids for an afternoon of fishing and fun. We went and bought new poles and lots of bait and headed up to Mirror Lake. It was going to be great! Going to be, is the key phrase here! The kids, all except Kenzie, were very excited and couldn't wait to use their new poles. We made it to Kamas and stopped for ice cream and homemade fries, always a must, then headed up the canyon. We made it to the lake and unloaded the car. We started to get the poles rigged up and discovered a few problems. One new pole was missing part of the reel and another new pole was jammed and broken. We were down to just one new pole and the trusty SpongeBob pole. The third new pole kept getting tangled and jammed when we would cast it so we gave up on that one. Who would have thought that the $14.99 SpongeBob special would have been the best rod? Well, we took turns with the only pole that worked and had no luck at catching "the big one." What a bummer. Notice Kenzie in the picture, she managed to sleep the entire time and miss out on all the excitement. Actually, she didn't miss much. Just a frustrated mom putting worms on the hook only to watch them fly off as the kids tried to cast the rods a little too hard. After a few discouraging hours the kids were done and we decided to go home. It wasn't quite the action packed afternoon I had planned but oh well. Maybe I'll get an "A" for effort!