Fishing Heaven! We headed out to Doudy Lake to camp Thursday night and arrived to find a beautiful, peaceful lake, practically all to ourselves! Our campsite was the closest to the lake as we could get: a peaceful alcove about 100 feet from the shore. Jadeyn was so excited to be camping again, his little feet ran as fast as they could to the lake, stopping only a few times to make sure we were coming too! The whole lake heard him coming and continued to hear him throughout the day!
The fishing was spectacular. We had fished at a nearby lake a few weekends ago and had fun, but these fish were a very nice size!! We caught rainbow trout, lake trout, brook trout, sucker-fish (which Kevin hates so much he refused to touch them as we got the hooks out) a pine cone, a tennis ball! and quite a few crawdads!! It was so fun to watch Jadeyn's delight with each fish and to watch him imitate us while he was fishing. He'd get all excited, yell "got fish!" start reeling in, then suddenly go "aww. dang!" as if his fish got away!
Camp good was excellent as usual: T-bone steak, potatoes, soda, hotdogs and s'mores!
Jadeyn was very proud of his catch of the day. Little did he realize that his prize could splash back!
We decided to cut our trip a little short since Kevin's parents had decided not to come after all, so we headed out to Wyoming for a little target practice. We drove to Kevin's parents home for a visit and let Jadeyn terrorize their house. I felt bad because we had to move so many breakable decorations up a few feet, but once those were clear he was free to tear around with Grandpa Cottrell and squeal to his hearts content.
We spend Saturday with Grandma Pete (Kevin's grandma) and went to the Evanston cemetary to put flowers on several family members graves and to hear stories about them. Lunch and some gardening with Grandma Pete as well. We even rescued a snake from her yard that had been plaguing her since last year. Jadeyn was a little unsure of the snake at first and then it was all he could talk about when we were outside.
I finally got to shoot my gun! Kevin brought his 40 and I took my 9 out to the green hills so see how good we were. Kevin, of course, was dead on with the 40 and still loves it the best. I didn't do so well at the beginning with mine while I was getting used to it. Once I figured out/remembered to only squeeze the trigger, I was much better. We left the shotgun and rifle that my dad gave me at home and are very excited to try it out over the 4th of July!
All in all, it was a very full weekend when we look back over it. Lots of fun to see family, play on the swingset and trampoline, cook up a few beautiful steaks, spend time with Grandma Pete, catch a few fish and just generally enjoy ourselves!
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