Tysho's First Fishing Trip July 10, 2009

photo by: Tysho Tano

July 9, 2009 Grandpa Gilmore told Tysho he was going to take him fishing for the very first time the next day. Tysho was beyond excited. He couldn't wait! Grandpa also wanted to take Tysho's younger brother Lincoln, but as parents Rocky and I didn't feel that would be a great idea since Lincoln isn't the type to sit and wait for anything. Plus we felt it would be a great opportunity for Tysho to spend some time with his Pa-Pa Gilmore.

The next morning at 6:00 a.m. Tysho was standing at our bedside all dressed and ready to go. He has never gotten up that early even on Christmas morning. If you know Tysho then you know how much he hates to get up early. We definitely knew how excited he was to go.

photo by: Tysho Tano

Here is my dad setting up camp at Wheatfields Lake in Arizona over by Window Rock area. FYI: We gave Tysho his own digital camera and he loves taking pictures. He takes some great shots! I have used some of his pictures for the blog and he gets so excited to see his work displayed.

My little Huck Finn:

I love this picture. Tysho is wearing his Pa-Pa's hat waiting patiently. One thing Tysho learned about fishing is it is a lot of waiting!

waiting...

waiting...

and patiently waiting.



Eventually Tysho went on to find some fun of his own...

Afterwards he took out his camera.

Here are some photos Tysho took:

Pa-Pa waiting.

Cool crab thingy.

Ahhh....a self portrait of my sweet boy.

And who could resist a picture of the bottom of their shoe! He loves his sketchers and wants to wear them all the time even though he has other pairs these are it for him. Hence the completely worn soles.


Since they weren't having any luck in that spot they decided to go to another.

photo by: Tysho Tano

Tysho finally all tuckered out.

It started to rain a bit so he put on his jacket.

And fell right back to sleep.

Tysho was exhausted from a long day of fishing. He loved it so much especially spending time with his Pa-Pa. Grandpa put his sunglasses on Tysho for the ride home because the sun was in his eyes. It's good to know that when my kids are with their Grandpa and Grandma they are in good hands.

On the way home Grandpa was saying to Tysho, "Well Tysho I'm really sorry we didn't catch a fish."

Tysho responded back to his Pa-Pa Gilmore, "That's okay Pa-Pa....I learned a lot about being patient like you said, and next time I think we should go golfing!"

My dad just chuckled at this. He loves Tysho so much and is proud of how loving, kind and well-mannered he is. Tysho is a true sweetheart that everyone loves to be around.