Back home and so happy to be here! Lots of ups and down this weekend. I won't get into all of the downs yet, but I'll start you off with an up!

Cory's dad loves to ice fish at the small lake on the outskirts of down. So on Saturday, with the temp being in the single digits, he went out with four grandchildren and his two sons to gather in his little ice house for a while. That included Accalia and Cory. I, being sane, stayed at the house with Cole and my mother in law. Accalia and Cory didn't stay out very long - 20 minutes maybe - but Accalia came home so excited. Cory carried her in the door, and she was shouting "I caught a fish!" Apparently, since the fish weren't biting and Accalia wasn't paying much attention to what was being used as bait (minnows), Cory reeled up the fishing line with the minnow and that's how Accalia caughter her first fish. She was extremely excited. Her cousin Chandler caught a small perch, and that was it for the haul. Cory took pictures of it all, so hopefully those turn out.

I do have some ethical quandries with fishing and hunting for purely recreational purposes, and frankly I have no desire to do either. I feel like such a hyprocite, though, as a meat eater. But that could be a whole other post.