Annual Fishing Day for Kids with Disabilities

We took a morning/afternoon trip over to the coast! (I cant exactly remeber the name of the town)

It was a warm day at out place, but of course as we get closer to the coast, the mist starts to come, and rain clouds looked immenant! I told Juan, I totally forgot jackets or anything! We are dressed for summer! But it ende up being ok! It was a quick thing. Each person was allowed to catch four fish from the hatchery. It was perfect because it didn't take but a couple seconds to catch a fish. The boys were loving it!!

 

 

Damon was especially thrilled with the idea of putting in the rill, and then there is a fish! He couldnt wait to get his hands on that rill each time! It was such a special time with our family. It was special because it was for famlies with special needs kids, so everyone caters to each family. They are ready to help out as soon as you get there. The guy that was helping us, went and cleaned out fish for us so we didnt have to stand in line for an hour. So nice! We dont eat fish so they are still sitting in our freezer! Keenan still asks me when were going to eat it!

This was funny because the guy there said they werent supposed to let the kids see them hitting the fish in the eyes to kill them because it might scare them. Well not our kids! They thought it was great and let Keenan do it!



We were givrn doughnuts and hot cocoa when we arrived, ice cream, then we had a BBQ with hamburgers, hotdogs, and chicken with all the fixings. We got in line quick so we could head back quick. Will we do it next year? I doubt it.. Kinda a long drive for a short thing. But am I glad we experienced it? Of course!

I absolutely love that my kids are growing up with a child with disabilities. They think its completely normal. They are going to have compassion that people that dont get this opportunity will have.