Saturday, July 19, 2008

A complete weekend...

Jake resting


Our past weekend was a real delight, sunny weather and all. We visited my mom and helped her around the house and yard. I managed to fit in some pictures of her flowers there. While there we also took in the airshow that was going on. Next, we headed over to the Morgans, where Patty's sisters, Sherry & Karen, from Iowa and Arizona were here for a visit. Dave had tickets for a Tacoma Rainiers ballgame that he treated Brett, Connor and I to later that evening.

Monday, July 14, 2008

A day in paradise...



Brett, Connor and I went out in the wilderness on Sunday, and I must say, what a spectacular day. Just awe-inspiring... gorgeous! Perfect conditions for photography, so I went to town and then some.

We hope you enjoy this!

Monday, July 7, 2008

Went to the movies today: Hancock

We don't recommend it. It's rated PG-13, but they dropped the F-bomb and had a lot of other cussing in it. We felt a little bad that we brought Connor to it. The special effects weren't that special either. Definitely a Netflix one you should consider. )c:

Should have gone to see WALL-E instead. Oh well!

Friday, July 4, 2008

Connor catches a big one

Connor has really learned the hang of things on the boat, and if you've ever fished in the fashion we have (it's dangerous), you can understand the importance of this.

He caught a 16 lbs. Chinook all on his own! Grandpa helped net it for him and had to pay him $5 for a bet he made: whoever catches the biggest salmon that day would get the dough!

The fishing this year was really poor—the Chinooks (and Coho) just were not in yet. Fishing numbers for everyone was low and on most days there, there weren't any fish counters from the state even. Furthermore, this had to be the lowest turnout we've ever seen. Normally the marina would be packed and as you may have seen in previous pictures, the marina isn't full. We suspect it's due to the inflated cost of fuel.

With the difficulty in catching salmon, we did manage to catch some bottomfish, like sea bass, lingcod, and cabezon. Connor loved it! All in all we had a good time and will look forward to going there again.

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