After fishing for a while, some people beside us caught a rather large and interesting fish. It thrashed around and caused quite a commotion…and it turns out that they accidentally caught it by the tail. It was a gar fish – a fish that is apparently very hard to catch and not often seen. My parents have been fishing for 25+ years and this was the first one my dad had seen in person.  This is a very small gar fish – i did a google search for this fish and they can grow to be over 10 feet long. Here’s a pic of the one that was caught in the river…

And here is a pic of one i found from google…(seriously, brace yourself!!!)

See what i mean? Yikes.
(eta: apparently, there are different species of gar fish and the gigantor scary one is not the same kind that are found in Virginia. Big Scary can be found in the Lower Mississippi River Valley and most Gulf Coast states (thanks Wiki!). You can keep’em.)

Sunday was spent working on the house. We added pretty brick trim to the edge of the deck in order to keep the river rock inside the right perimeter, installed a microwave above the stove, and prepped the basement for the new hot water heater we installed today. I swear that we were in bed by 9pm every night. :) Today, my best friend came over with her little 17 month old and we had so much fun. She is such a little sweetheart and loves to make everyone around her laugh. So happy they came over!

My parents were going to stay until tomorrow morning, but decided to leave this afternoon. I’m so happy they came and so thankful for all they help us with and do for us. We are so lucky to have such great parents (my parents and my in-laws!).

Husband: Aren’t I always awesome?

Me: Well, you were especially awesome today.