Fishing, 4th of July, and others

With a beautiful lake right across the street from our house and some avid outdoor lovers, we've taken up fishing. More precisely, Hrishi and Ella have. They go out there pretty much every chance they get. They're getting really good at it, too. They caught a lot of different fish, some big, some small. They do the catch-and-release thing, so to my disappointment I haven't yet gotten a chance to gut and cook any (yes, I love to gut and clean fish, weird, I know.) Back in Romania this was one of my favorite things to do in the kitchen with my dad.

I go with them but run around the lake.

(I love this picture because it captures the moment quite beautifully.)

Aren't they cute??!!!

These pictures make me crave for some fish right now! :)


4th of July was a fun day, started off with fishing, running, some shopping, then went on to cleaning, grilling, fireworks watching, all in all great break and celebration in the middle of the work week.

Ella had a 4th of July parade a school where they sang patriotic songs.

With her cute friend, Riley.

And with one of their favorite teachers, Ms. Teena:

 

Horseback riding has been going well. She's riding a new horse, Jenkins, and loves her already. And the horse loves her back. It's a nice round comfy quarter horse, very gentle and slow (too slow sometimes, it seems to me), but quite good at jumping, according to her trainer.

After their lesson, I was priviledged to find them bonding, Ella petting and talking sweetly and Jenkins giving some sweet looks and nudges back. 

They are very good friends already.

And we've been taking advantage of the sunny weather at the community pool.

I'm so in love with that smile!!!!!!

(And with the guy next to her! :))

We had company this week, our dear friends Andrea and Shu, who are moving to Houston, hurray!!!!!!  We were at their wedding in McAllen not too long ago!! They are the cutest couple!

Andrea got to experience first hand Hrishi's and Ella's fishing, lol! They caught this big catfish and then hard the toughest time unhooking it. It was quite something! We laughed so hard!!!

It was so heavy that it broke the line. Pull Hrishi, pull!! :)

My brother-in-law had something very clever to say about this picture, I'll borrow his caption:

"When a hunter goes fishing...!!" :)
(He was trying to pull the fish back so he can get the hook out first.)

We had a great time with them althought it was hectic being a work week they were here for. Everyone had a lot of stuff to get done, them to starting a new job, interviewing for jobs, looking for housing, and us carrying on with our busy every day life.