Yard Sale & Fishing

This weekend we had our annual "Clean out the junk and try to make some money out of it" expedition best known as a Yard Sale.  This year, instead of just including our family's junk  we included another family's junk (stuff) as well.  Mostly we just didn't want to be alone early on a Saturday morning trying to convince people that our junk was not junk at all.  

Some of the things included were an old recliner that my mom rocked me to sleep in until I was so big that my head and legs hung off either side while she struggled to rock me back and forth just hoping I would fall asleep :).  My college dinner table that had been the center piece of many a serious discussion, pumpkin carvings at Halloween, a photo shoot for a cereal commercial (ask me later), and much more.  76 cds of which one person bought them all!!!  All the rest of my college furniture....all the rest of my college dishes....waaaaayyyy too many Alabama Gymnastics posters, programs, and media guides.  Bye bye college ;)

And surrounded by a cloud of junk were me, my family and my friends....so what is a person to do?  Go fishing!  And so THEY did (not really a fisherman although cutting the worms in half was fun!).  

Here are two of my favorite 10 and 6 year olds learning/perfecting their fishing skills.

The Professional

Hey Jonah!  Watch out for the big ones....they swallow!

The Beginner....

....with a little help from the Texas Native mom!

Now he is getting it.....but WATCHOUT everyone on shore!!!

Two monsters for the Pro!

See Jonah, I told you they would swallow......

Then of course....I got bored and had to entertain myself (and others).  So I rummaged through the junk to find the perfect outfit for the day.  

This is what I came up with

  I am taking suggestions for names for this character.  

What type of friend would take a picture with this weirdo.....a good one I will say!