Fish and Death By Fire

First of all, I'm going to share one of Emma's philosophies on life. The other day, Emma was quite seriously explaining to Allie how everything was going to end . . .

"There will be a giant fireball that will come out of the sky! It will smash into the Earth and THEN-you will die!"

Allie didn't quite believe her and I heard Emma several times that day assuring her that she was going to die by fireball. Where in the world do these kids learn things?

Also, on Sunday we went to my parents (quite unplanned, but that's another story too gory to be shared on a family blog) for dinner. Jason brought his air rifle (with a scope) and plinker. He just loves to shoot for recreation. Well, he wrangled me into trying it-I really am a fair shot, so it's not like I'm without skills. I was a little nervous about using the scope, since I've never used one. Well, I lined up my aim and shot . . . and missed. A few seconds later, the pond-which was behind the plinker started getting crazy ripples and a fish popped up. It swam around insanely for a minute until Jason was able to catch it with his bare hands, where it died. I had managed to kill myself a 4 lb brown trout. I think next time, we'll go shoot behind the dirt mounds and not right next to the pond. :)

Comments

Annie said…
Nice shot, An-dra!! Trout for dinner :) Also, I hope it all ends a lot nicer than Emma has planned for us!
May 26, 2009 at 2:48 PM
Trista said…
WOW that is intense. Where do kids come up with some of the stuff they say. LOL
Trista
May 26, 2009 at 4:15 PM
David B said…
That is my best friend with her mad gun skills!! Did you eat the fish?

And here I have been thinking that the end of the world would come because we had a drought of chocolate that was mercifully ended by a giant earthquake... I stand corrected.

p.s. this is actually Betsy not David I just didn't want to resign in...
May 26, 2009 at 9:27 PM
jen said…
that is awesome Andrea!! Aww! I am jealous by your awesome fishing/shooting skills!
Oh. And I totally agree with Emma. We will die by fire balls.
May 28, 2009 at 4:02 AM
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