Fishing at the cabin is the ultimate adventure. Sometimes the fish are abundant and other times they are shy and no where to be found. The joy of sitting in a boat with the sun shining down on your shoulders, the waves gently rocking you and the silence encompassing you is priceless! and when there isn't silence it is sweet too because it means that the little ones are chattering and enjoying their time out with you. This weekend was the annual Walleye Jamboree. Matthew, Andrea, Kayla, and Alexis all entered. Matthew had a bit of trouble on the way to the cabin figuring out how he was going to get equal fishing time for all the girls. As it turned out he went out early in the morning alone, Then returned for the girls for a mid-day trip and then went back out alone in the evening. Kayla came out ahead of the other girls this year by getting the two Walleye on the far right end. She was rewarded at the dinner with a brand new fishing pole for her efforts! Andrea was able to get one nice one (3rd in starting from the right) and she chose a bag of pink bobbers as her reward at the dinner. Alexis caught a nice one the next day and she was given a new tackle box that had some odds and ends in it for fishing. Matthew...he got his limit to turn in each day and then some. He didn't place in the top ten but they gave him a nice fish magnet that is for the side of a truck but now graces the refrigerator at the cabin.
After the competition was done Matthew, Zachary and myself went to try our luck. We came back with four nice ones. I caught my very first walleye which you can see me proudly displaying. LOL! Zachary wanted to hold a fish. sort of but we didn't know which was his so we let him hold mine. He has found a new love for fishing since getting his first bluegill on the end of Grandpa Thompson's dock.
Back at the cabin during the competition the little ones and I had a good time. We hung out on the beach most of the days. Zachary became a lot braver in the water since he was dressed as spider man and really enjoyed his time floating about. Now of course I have to watch a lot closer haha. I weeded out the sand pit and the kids enjoyed making me castles and icecream cones (cute set I bought for Z's birthday) They even got to play with the neighbors grandkids for a little while which was also fun for them since other children up there are far and few between. I as normal burnt to a crisp and the kids all browned up nicely. Kendra has the brownest little head that is accented right now by her bleach blonde hair. So cute! On Monday we had friends stop in and visit for the day. Us girls sat with kids on the beach and the guys went fishing ofcourse since this time the getting was good. Our friend Joe and his dad came up for fishing and popped in as well. I love company! and since it was raining it was fun to listen to the guys play cards and banter back and forth.
Overall it was a very relaxing trip and we had a ton of fun. Kayla topped the week off by making a new friend.
Kayla is our lover of all things living. She is passing this love on to her sisters as I was given a nice bucket of leaches and crawfish on the beach several times during the week. I LOVE IT!
