The following photos were shot at one of the new parks here in Carson City. I have no idea what the name of the park is but it’s within walking distance and we’ve all ended up calling it the “rock wall park” just because it has a mini rock wall that the kids can climb on.

Donovan on top of the red slide

Ciarra on top of the red bridge

Ciarra and Kendra having a laugh and Donovan's expense

There are more photos in this collection but they are large files and they would take up way too much room at the moment. If you would like to see more and are a part of the family, shoot me off an e-mail at: laura @ thevalladonfamily.com and I’ll be more than happy to share them with you. Other family photo galleries are set up on my facebook page.

Kendra’s first fish,
slightly bloody.

Kendra caught her first fish today!!! Terry caught one as well and we have the pictures to prove it.

The first five photos are from our afternoon fishing trip out to Wilson Commons Pond on Friday, check out the image gallery here. The pond has a resident beaver that just swims back and forth across the water. It taunted us at one point as it swam past us with a fish in its mouth and we didn’t catch a single fish there.

Our fishing trip today was out to Davis Creek which is where the action happened. We set up on the side of the water where snow was still present and proceeded to slide all over the place.

Kendra baited her own hook, using marshmallow power bait and reeled it in as quickly as she could. Since loosing a few off the hook last year, she was not about to let this one get away. While Terry was helping her with her rainbow trout, his line caught a trout and both fish would end up being the only catches of the day.

In honor of  Kendra making her first catch, Terry taught her how to clean it  herself.

Next weekend we hope the weather is good so we can take Donovan and Ciarra out fishing, perhaps we will have more happy “first fish” pictures.

~Laura