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We spent Memorial Day weekend at Mom and Dave’s. Bryan and Dave did quite a bit of fishing, but the windy conditions kept the kids (and the moms) off the lake.

Ava was itching to use her fishing pole, so Bryan and Dave took her down to a little inlet nearby. Somehow, she managed to outfish both of them in pretty short order.

Using a Little Tykes fishing pole and a minnow, she caught a catfish . . . then a largemouth bass, and a drum, and then a carp.

Here she is with her bass—my mom took this photo down by the lake.

When they came back to the house, Olivia checked out their catch.

“There’s fishes in there!”

Yeah, big ones! Look at the mouth on that bass.

Here’s the whole crew:

And, in what might just be my favorite photo ever, the “largemouth bass” pose:

Thanks to Ava’s luck, Mom and Dave served up a fabulous fish fry before we left yesterday. Happy Memorial Day!