Today I got up and spend a little time on Pelican Lake. The weather was good and it was fun to get out and paddle around a little in my float tube. The fishing wasn't very good but I did manage to catch a couple nice bass. Tracie has left me once again and went home to visit her family for a couple of weeks. She has worked very hard over the last year and deserves to have a good break. I'm glad to hear that Darrin and Greg made it to Miami, I hope the moving in goes well for you. I'm trying my darndest to get the family pictures that we had taken at the cabin on this blog but it is kicking my butt because they are in movie form, I will get them on someday hopefully. Have a good day everyone. Love Ya.

Check

Ever since Tracie and I bought our Little Red House we have been talking about what we wanted to do to it to fix it up a little. Remove the red rocks by the road in front of the house, Check. Romove the white fence, Check. New siding and windows - Not Checked. Take out the mound of dirt on the edge of our lawn, Semi Checked. Tracie and I thought we were pretty ambitious so we got the sod cutter and started cutting up our front lawn. After we got started we decided that we jumped into a bigger project then we thought, isn't that usual with any project around the house? I realized that there is a lot of dirt under that little mound. 3 hours later and about 10 square feet later we called it quits for the night and got ready to go to the drive-in with Mom, Alawna, Mason and Austin. This was Tracie's first drive-in experience, and I think I made it through about 30 minutes of the movie and the next thing I know is that everyone is moving and the credits where rolling. Well if shoveling dirt is going to wear me out like that maybe that project will stay Semi Checked for awhile.

Summertime Fun

Well I guess it is time that I Bite the Bullet and finally start writing. I have been trying to think of what to put on this blog because life around Ryan and Tracie's house is pretty repetitive. I finally decided to shed a little light on the great weekend our whole family had at Six Lakes. Mom's suprise birthday party (we hope it was a suprise to her) was great. It was fun to have friends and family from miles away come and show their love for mom. Alawna, that was a great plan and thank you for all the time and hard work you put into planning that great weekend. It was fun to stay in the cabin where the whole family could be together and embark in many adventures (fishing, canoeing, riding bikes, etc.). I don't think that there is an inch on the lake that those canoes didn't cover. There is only one mystery that needs to be solved with those canoes; why when one particular person (we won't mention any names, Darrin) was in a canoe, it seemed to be a little tipsy!!! :) I think that the kids spent most of their time paddling around the lake, they should all have strong arms now. Karlie and Austin spent enough time on the water and in the sun that it left its mark,
Nice look kids. I think that I am still trying to recover from all of those crazy late night chat sessions. Isn't it crazy what you can find to talk about late at night. Those are times that will be remembered for a very long time. Fishing was another activity that everyone took part in one way or another. Some had success (way to go Ian) and others made a mess (Look at the two MightyFishermen). I wish more time could of been spent on the water trying to lure in the big daddy but the fishing was good and the company was great.
I hope that our family can have many more times together like the ones we shared at the cabin. I love y'all and can't wait until we can spend time together again. Thanks again Alawna, I hope you all had as much fun as I did.