Monday, May 26, 2008

Memorial Day Weekend 2008

We spent Memorial Day weekend up north in Baldwin at our trailer. We left on Friday evening and came home Monday afternoon. Tim & Audrey joined us for the first part of the weekend. Saturday afternoon the two of us went fly fishing on the Pere Marquette River and Joani caught her first fish on a fly rod! She ended up catching 2 rainbow trout, and it was a gorgeous day on the river. Jeff did not end up catching any, as his choice in flies was a bit agressive, but he was integral in helping Joani catch & net her fish. Saturday night we grilled brats & beer can chicken and Ryan joined the 4 of us for some euchre and a campfire. Sunday morning Tim & Audrey headed back home and we went with the DeWitts and Weavers for a day on Foster Lake of fishing and enjoying the sun. Jeff was much more succesful catching fish on the lake, and between the 3 guys they caught close to 40 fish and 1 snake. The six of us then went back to the trailer for homemade kabobs & other summertime fixins' followed by a few intense games of washers and a nightcap of Dragon Farts. After 2 long days in the sun, we were all tuckered out so Jeff & I just relaxed on Monday morning and headed back home in the afternoon. It was a much needed very relaxing weekend!


This is a picture of the first fish Joani caught.... well, the remnants of it. When Jeff told her to loosen her death grip on the little guy, he squirmed away. The splash is proof that there was in fact a fish in her hand.


This is a picture of the second fish Joani caught. The first one was about five times the size of this one. Not only is Joani learning to catch fish like a true fly-fisherman, she's also learning the fisherman's art of story telling...



Joani, Kylie & Rachael gearing up for a fun-filled game of Banana-grams.







Jeff, Aaron & Nick tending to the kabobs.


















4 comments:

Aaron DeWitt said...

Hey nice blog! Rachael and I had a great time this weekend and whenever you two want to hang out give us a call. We would love to camp with you at your trailer. The girls could lay by the pool while we get our fish on. Thanks again for the great kabobs! It feels so good to be the first to post a comment on your blog ;)

Aaron, Whitney, and kids said...

Hey Joani! I haven't talked to you in years but I think blogs are way more fun than facebook and I wanted to tell you congratulations on your engagement, and also that I'm going to add your blog link to mine if you don't mind. I hope to see wedding pics on here in the future. Hope you're doing great!
Love, Whitney

Mindy and Sean said...

Welcome to blogging, you two! It looks like you had a great weekend. You're a braver girl than me Joani- I would never touch a fish!

The Hansen's said...

Hey welcome to the blogging world! Its lots of fun! Let me know when you are ready to talk engagement photos:)