this last weekend, we went fishing with my mom and dad back up to box lake.  i got skunked on my birthday, so i went again this time with my dad, to redeem myself.  my dad knows everything about fishing, so i wanted to learn from the pro.  cade and my mom were such good sports and stayed on shore to tend cash and lilly while me and my dad were out on the lake.
we each got in our float tube and got out on the lake.  we were the only ones on the lake that day.  we each put on a black rooster tail and thaught we'd try our luck.  we casted out and started reeliing in...my dad got a bite!  then i got a hit!  all within the first 10 seconds of casting.  we got out fishes off the hooks, put em in the bag on the tube. and casted out again.  another catch, then another then another.  we were getting hits on every cast.  it was SO fun!!! 
my mom and dad  got cash an little fishing pole and some worms, so when my dad's pole broke, he shore fished with cash.  they casted out, and i took the bobber out farther because i was in the float tube.  i got about 10 feet away, and the bobber starts going crazy.  my dad reeled the fish in a little ways, and then let cash finish reelin it in.  it was so stinkin cute!!!  and wouldn't you know, it was the biggest one of all!  :)
i caught about 10 and kept 4, my dad caught about 15 or 16 and kept 4 and and cash caught 2 and kept the big one that didn't get away. 
it was one of the funnest and best days i've had in a long time!  i was with all my favorite people.  i haven't beed fishing with my dad for about 10 years.  it was so fun to see him get excited when he caught one, and he got more excited when i caught one, but to see him when cash caught one, was priceless!!  he was over the moon excited! 
i feel so lucky to have a dad i can go do things with.  i know a lot people who's dads have died and i can't help but think how lucky i am to have a dad that is so fun to be with, the best person to go to for advice,  and is the best gramps a kid could ask for.

this year my birthday landed on labor day, which i personally love because cade always has that day off, so it works out really well.  cade, being the awesome husband he is, had the day all planned out and it was all a big surprise to me.  (I love surprises, and we each try to plan a surprise day for our birthdays!!)
when i woke up, he gave me my presents.  he had gotten me a brand new fishing pole, a tackle box completely stocked, a new fishing liscence, the sweetest tear jerker card, and he had the truck all loaded and ready to go up the canyon.  He had the coolers stocked with food, the camp stove to cook on, chairs for all of us, etc, etc, etc.  it was by far the most thought out thing and this is coming from a guy who HATES to fish.  he's a  hard core cowboy.  i love him!!  So sweet, right? 
we got the kids ready and headed up payson canyon and got camp set up at box lake.  i fished for about 3 hours and cade cooked lunch, took a nap, and watched both the kids fall in the lake about 4 thousand times.  I didn't catch a darn thing, but it didn't matter. it was just fun to hang out with cade and the kids and fish and not be hurried any where.  it was a beautiful day and we enoyed it to the fullest!! 
when we got done fishing (because my arm got tired of casting the pole a zillion times) we packed up and took the nebo loop home the nephi way....so beautiful!! 
we stopped for ice cream in nephi, mexican food at los 4 amigos, and headed home. 
it was by far the most fun day i've had in a long time.  so simple, but so fun!!