On Friday morning, the boys decided they wanted to fish a specific area of the river. Someone had heard of a good fish hatchery around the same area the boys were going to, so we packed up and decided to make a morning out of it. Blake and I first arrived and laughed because the fish hatchery appeared to be all dried out.
Hayspur Fish Hatchery-Idaho's First Fish Hatchery
Well, we luckily found a worker and he made our day. The old hatchery out in front was indeed dried out, but there was a new hatchery out in back. We got the best hands on hatchery tour I've every had. We started inside with the tiny little fish and first got to watch them get fed
Next we moved outside where the fish were a little bit bigger and were actually jumping out of the water when the food was thrown into the water; the kids loved that
The fish just got bigger as we continued the tour and what an awesome educational tour we had
There was a stocked pond next to the hatchery where they would release the big fish, so the dad's through in their lines so the kids could anticipate them catching a big one. We only ended up with a few little guys, but the kids still had fun
What a bunch of SUCKERS!!!
After fishing, the woman and children headed back to town while the dads continued to fish. We ended up riding to town on our bikes to our favorite little ice cream shop
Sophie enjoying her GINORMOUS cone that she shared with me; although at this point this kid just needs her own because she did not want to share
As we waited for dinner on the grill, these three kiddos patiently worked with me for over an hour as we tried and tried and finally succeeded at stacking every domino in a row so we could push one over and watch the "domino affect"
After dinner we headed out to get family pictures taken in our black shirts. After the large group photo we attempted another cousin picture but apparently some of the kids were done
The "cooperative kids" wanted to try another photo after our failed attempt
That evening we headed out to the fields for the first annual Hansen Olympic Games. We had balloon toss, gunny sack races and tug-of-war
Some of the grand kids ready to race each other down to the finish
Grandma Julia did a great job pulling together all the activities; we had a blast!
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