Bluffton Fest Part 1

Bluffton's Seafood and Art Festival was all this week and Saturday was a BIG day starting with a "Little Guy Fishing Tournament" as we called it. The weather was cooooool, like in the 50's, but we were excited to participate and got all bundled up to go out on the boat and FISH!

Once we got to the sign up at the Oyster Factory we heard the rules (No boats...must fish from land) and the winning categories (Prettiest Fish and Ugliest Fish.) After returning the boat back to the house we headed out to FISH! We also removed most of our clothing since by 10am it had warmed up to a perfect 70 degrees. Pnut lost interest pretty quickly and moped around with an attitude (I swear he is 4 going on 14 this week!?! I thought I had a few years before the hormonal moodiness?) but Spud was a fishin' fool!! He LOVES fishing with his Dad and his Pop and I LOVE watching him... you can see the joy in his little soul beaming through the grin on his face!

At 2o'clock we headed back to the Oyster Factory for the "awards." The guy that hosted the tournament is the owner of  Marshgrass Adventures, a local kayak eco adventure company. He said that this years tournament has been the best ever with 12 participants!? Wow! twelve? Do people not read the paper? It was advertised for 3 weeks in every section? Oh well, WE had a blast and will definitely be participating in the years to come. The boys won little goody bags for participating, and Spud got an honorable mention for being the youngest guy, but the big prizes (two cool "ugly stick" fishing poles) went to two other boys much to Pnut's dismay.  

Still smiling...before he realized he didn't win the BIG prize!

The two cuties that won... the lil guy on the right was SO proud of his
lizard fish, winner of "ugliest fish"