Memorial Day Weekend

On the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, Lake Connor Park hosts a fishing derby for the kids. The park stocks the lake with trout the week before and doesn't allow any fishing between stocking and the derby to increase the odds of the kids catching a fish. Nick went last year with our friend Ryan and his 4 yr. old son, Joey. It was a mad house. Kids and their parents start lining up at 5:30 - 6 and fishing begins at 7. This year, the boys (Nick, nephew Ethan, Ryan, Joey, Luke and Luke jr.) headed up to the lake around 7. Nick had told me that they would be at the lake until about 11 or so. Well with a combination of bordem and the chilly weather the boys headed back to camp around 9:30. Nicks parents also joined the boys to watch the derby. Sadly, there were only 3 fish caught during that hour and a half and it wasn't any of the boys.

Ethan stayed with us on Friday and Saturday night. At one time during the day on Saturday there were 14 kids hanging out at or around our lots. Wow. That's a lot of kids. Ethan had a great time even though he didn't catch a fish.

Monika made an upside down German apple cake for breakfast on Saturday. It was really tasty! We're lucky the lots that we have get a good amount of morning sun. The weather was AMAZING all weekend long. It was warm, sunny and blue skies. I think it's the first time it's been like this in a few years. Nick and I bought our lot a year ago this month! Time really flies when you're having fun!

Our afternoon on Saturday was spent with our parents. Both Nick's parents and my parents have never been up to Lake Connor Park before. It was so nice to have them there and to show them around. After spending the afternoon, they now understand why we are ALWAYS there during the summer. Good friends, good food and good times!

This is Ethan and Nick on a doodle bug. Ryan and Nick got 2 of them last year and they are really fun to ride around on. They are gas powered and can go faster than 5 mph, which is the speed limit in the park. A ticket for speeding in the part is $50.00. Ethan was really excited to take a ride on the doodle bug, but only lasted for another 30 feet maybe. He preferred the golf cart over the doodle bug.

Monika and Amelia blowing kisses.

So I had to work on Sunday from 12-5 because of the Chase Bank converstion going on over the weekend. I didn't end up getting back up to the lot until about 7:30. When I got there, Nick was a few sheets to the wind.. or something like that. He had let Shannon braid his goatee (yes, there are 2 very small braids). This is Nick and Barb just hanging out. Barb and her husband Tim live across the road from Shannon and Ryan's lot. Barb and Tim are snowbirds that during the winter live in Yuma, AZ. They are so much fun to hang out with. We all sure miss them when they are not around.

Mmmmm.... House Wine. My favorite. Yes, this was my own bottle of wine that I enjoyed on Sunday night after a day at work.

So it's been a little over a week since we got Gizmo and things are going well. The boys are getting along well. We are still keeping Gizmo locked in the bathroom when we are not home. When they are playing it's so funny just to watch them wrestle, run, bite and play hide and seek. I'm am so happy that they are getting along. Yesterday, Chester had Gizmo in a headlock and I caught him licking his head. I just know they are going to be cuddled up together in no time.

This is Chester after playing with Gizmo for about 2 hours straight. =)