Bennett, Grandpa and I went fishing for about an hour and half this afternoon. We caught a good mess; some pretty good size bluegill. Bennett started fishing for catfish and he caught two nice size ones. The sun was out and it was a beautiful day!
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Bennett is doing good. Actually he is doing great considering. I thought he would be extremely worn out today from all the walking at the Monster Jam but he’s not.
The boys had a blast at the Monster Jam! It was SO Sweet! We thought it was really cool! Our friend, Ryan/ family that we have met from SLCH live in Paxton, IL and was very thoughtful to give us tickets. Thanks Michele! The driver Tom Meents, Maximum Destruction lives in Paxton too. We were able to meet him after the show and also George Balhan, the driver of the Escalade. Below are a few pics of the fun night! Please say an extra prayer for Ryan as he was admitted Friday to the hospital again. It’s saddens us that he has had such a rough time.
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Bennett went duck hunting this morning with Bob and friends. They hunted from sunrise to early afternoon. He was so glad he got to go as the last trips were canceled because it was way too cold and than he got sick. Bennett got 2 1/2 ducks, he had help with the other 1/2. He had a great time; It was a beautiful sunny day! Thanks for taking him Bob!
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Bennett had a good rabbit hunt today. He went with his grandpa J., cousin Gordan, Hamilton and me. Bennett shot 3 different times and got 2 rabbits! Not bad for his first time rabbit hunting! We went with the best rabbit dogs in the world from Johnston’s Beagle Farm in Macedonia, IL!
I pulled out last year’s pictures of our deer hunting and camping adventure. Bennett got a doe and buck last year. The buck had a small six point rack. He was really excited and happy with it. Hoping Bennett gets a trophy buck this year! This was my favorite picture!
Bob took these pictures Saturday and Bennett wanted me to post them on the website. They captured of how much fun he had that day!
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Bennett had another successful hunt. He participated in the youth pheasant hunt at the Wayne Fitzgerald State Park this morning for his first time. We asked our neighbor Larry to come along with his bird dogs to find the pheasants nesting. Right off the dogs flushed a hen, it scared Bennett, he shot and missed. Pheasants are sly, crafty and have an unpredictable behavior pattern.
The next pheasant that the dogs locked down, Bennett shot and got a nice hen. We kept on walking and wondering if we were going to see anymore. We moved spots and walked into the field a few feet, the dogs pointed and a hen and rooster flocked up, Bennett shot and got the rooster! His bag limit was two, with three shots, he killed two ring-necked pheasants! He was tired afterwards but had a great hunt! Thanks to our friends at the park and Larry for bringing your dogs!
Bennett got up at 3:30 a.m. this morning to go duck hunting with Bob in a boat. Bob is a co-worker of mine that works at the Mt Vernon bank. This is the story that Bennett and Bob told: there was a flock of ducks that went by (6 to be exact), Bennett had 3 shots in his gun, he shot, 1, 2, 3 times and killed 1, 2, and 3 ducks! The ducks were ring neck drakes. They waited around looking for the next flock and one lonely duck came by, Bennett shot but the duck was pretty far away. Bennett was so tickled with his accuracy with this being his first time and all. He had a blast - Thanks Bob for taking him! Needless to say, Bennett is feeling pretty good today!
The stats of the volley ball games:
7th grade girls beat the 7th grade boys
8th grade girls beat the 8th grade boys
The 5th-8th grade teachers beat the 8th grade girls
The people that enjoyed some whip cream pie today:
5th-6th grade lucky teacher: Stacia Sloan
7th-8th grade lucky teachers: tie between:
Brian Crisp and Anjie Hughes
8th grade volleyball lucky player: Dymin Hayes
What a memorable event that supported Bennett!
You all are Awesome! Thank you!