Smallies on the South Skunk

 Not wanting to drive the 4 hours north to find trout, Derek and I set our sights closer to home to try and catch some small mouth in the South Skunk river! Before we headed out, I tied up some Clouser Minnows so we could do some streamer fishing for the small jaws!

We both took the day off work and headed to a couple spots with our fly rods in tow!

The water was very low...

But we started swinging some flys and minnow patterns and before long we found a few fish!

D hooked up with a nice small mouth

I found some very small - small mouth

Regardless of the size of fish, I was pretty pumped that I was catching fish on some streamers that I tied myself.

Another "smallie"

We didn't catch anything big, but it was a great day on the river and we found a few fish!

Alpaca Farm

 Heather took the kids down to Winterset to check out Rusty Stars Alpaca farm and they had a blast! You can visit for free and check out the alpacas. 

These Alpacas are so chill, you can use them as a pillow!

Trigg and Garrett did just that!

B thought they were super soft and fluffy

G may have found a new pet!

It wouldn't be a stop to a farm without checking out a tractor!

Snack time with Garrett

B feeding the alpacas

Group shot!

Checking out their sweet haircuts

This one had nice hair!

Found a friend chillin on the ground

Heather's vest matched this little guys wool!

Snack time!

"Look in my eyes when I'm talking to you!"

"I'm just kidding, have a snack"

G is seeing double!

Feels weird!

The staff is super friendly and explain all about their animals. They had a great time with these animals and made a pit stop in the gift shop and found some Alpaca wool socks to bring home! So fun!

Back to School

We love summer and yet every summer comes to an end and we have to go back to school! This year, we are excited because we got awesome teachers! And this is our one golden year, when all three kids are at the same school.

Garrett, ready for 3rd grade...Let's GO!

Blythe is excited to be headed to Kindergarten

And Trigg is the big man on campus, starting 5th grade

All smiles for the three...

...maybe not all smiles!

Group shot on the front steps!

Let's go Dragons!

Blythe with her teacher, Mrs Kulhman

Trigg and Mrs Collmann

Garrett and Mrs Ridgley

Here's to a great year!