A quieter way to ring in the New Year

Since baby Lila will be here in a few short months, we decided to head up to Lake Texoma to ring in the new year in a little bit calmer fashion this year. We loaded up Jackson and some of his new toys and went up there New Year's Eve. After a nice dinner at Braum's, we headed back to the house.

Jackson taking a bath and hollering for his dad to come take a picture of his "beard." I just think it's a cute picture:)

New Year's Day we started off by doing one of J's favorite things--taking a ride on the golf cart. He loves this thing! We're still working on his driving skills, though.

We drove down to the lake and checked out how nice it was.

Jackson didn't want to get too close--he was afraid we might fall in.

So he quickly ran back to the golf cart! Safety first!

This picture is essential to the next part of our day. This is exactly what the lake looked like for 99.9% of the day. Extremely calm, not a boat in sight.

However, when we got down to the dock to try out fishing for the first time, a lone boat decided to go across the lake. It made some waves come over under the dock and rock it slightly. We had NO IDEA this would spell disaster for our fishing expedition. Let me just back up for a minute. Earlier in the day Jared asked Jackson if he'd like to go fishing. Jackson smiled real big, said an enthusiastic "yes!" and we all headed off to Walmart to buy him a fishing rod. He picked it out at the store and was all excited about catching some little fish. When we got back to the house the entertainment began (for me, at least). Jared said, "Well, I guess Dad will now google 'how to fish.' He'd only done it once and that was a very long time ago.

10 minutes spent googling and reading 'How to fish'

45 minutes attaching the weights, hooks, etc. to the fishing rod

5 minutes getting dressed to go fish in 40 degree weather

3 minutes to drive down to the lake

.2 seconds for Jackson to decide that it was NOT time to fish and begin screaming "No daddy, no fishing right now!!"

Oh well, at least we got to enjoy a nice view on our way back up to the house!

Remember that lone boat I mentioned earlier? Well, right when we stepped onto the dock, it's waves began rocking it. Jackson completely flipped out and got so scared. I coaxed him into going all the way down the dock because I was certain that once he got down there he'd forget about the waves and get into fishing. These were not monsterous waves by any stretch and the dock was barely moving. No such luck! Jared was so defeated. To make matters worse, the second time he casted out the line, it got all tangled up! Oh dear.

Happy New Year!!