"Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men"
The Hatcher Family rose at the crack of dawn today to partake in the annual fishing tournament at the Alcoa Duck Pond. You can imagine the chaos that unfolds on when you combine dirt, worms, hooks, fishing line, poles, water, rocks, and a 3 and 4 year old. But just to make sure we kept it all interesting, we invited Sam and Charlie's great friends Eric (4) and Rachel (3) to join us. We had a little time before the tournament started to get the kiddos settled. The Dads baited the hooks… And I mostly just took pictures. As soon as the horns blew to announce the start of the tournament, the insanity began. The four fishing lines got crossed, caught on rocks, caught on weeds… One kid wanted a juice box. Another was begging for fruit snacks. Dads were stepping over poles trying to keep things together. Fish were biting, stealing worms, and taking off! Mr. Hatcher was rather annoyed at me for being so clueless and helpless (even though I made it abundantl...