It must be lake time...

...because it seems that's where most of my pictures are coming from.

Friday evening our friends Joey, Trisha (who is 7 months pregnant), and their son Tanner came to visit us at the lake. Bryce spent some time sitting next to his girlfriend to be...while she's still growing in her mommy's tummy and grabbing his buddy Tanner's ear.

Saturday morning our day began with rain. YUCK!  So I took the opportunity to take a picture of Bryce in his little Osh Kosh Overalls...of course he was in the mood to be held so this first picture is of him starting to get upset.

Now to the full blown fit!

 Then we went down to try our luck at fishing. We stopped to visit and since Bryce doesn't do well sitting still in the carseat I held him we visited with some friends.

Naturally he grabbed the steering wheel. So it looks like he is driving.

All eyes on the road

Now down at the boat dock. The weather was too cool to go out on the boat so we just sat in the boat in the dock while everyone fished off of the dock.  

Melissa & Bryce

Here's my nephew Kell and Melissa's boyfriend Ozzie.

One of the perch Kell...er...Ozzie caught with Kell's pole.

And another.

Melissa and Kell

Our soon to be Jr Pro Fisherman

We won't be back down to the lake for a couple weekends since this weekend because we'll be going to my mom's Kentucky Derby Party.

This past weekend we had another great weekend at the lake. After the concert on Friday night, I drove down to the lake, getting there around 12:30am. Nic's brother Brian and niece Abby rode down with Nic on Friday, and they were all sound asleep when I got there.

Saturday morning Melissa and Kell came up and as usual we went out on the boat with Frankie and Bryan. Kell discovered a fishing pole that was just his size. It actually was Nic's nephew John's fishing pole, but since he wasn't there Kell made use of it. At first he was a little crazy with it acting like he was fly fishing, so we held off from putting a hook on it. We did eventually put a hook and a worm on it and let him try his hand at fishing from the dock.

At first he couldn't figure out the purpose of the bobber. Notice the bobber sitting on the dock.

Now he's got it figured out.

Kell looking like a professional fisherman.

Here's one of the fish that was caught with his pole, he still has to work on reeling it in. I almost had him convinced to touch it.




Of course when he got close, he squealed and ran.

CHEESE!

Kell and Melissa

After we loaded up on the boat, we made our way towards Whitehorn, stopping to swim along the way. When we got to Whitehorn we bought a few bags of "fish food" aka dog food, and let the kids feed the large carp.

Some ducks came to get some food as well.

Later that afternoon Brian's wife Wendi and their son John came down and Melissa and Kell went home. After dinner we went back out on the boat and tried some fishing, but with no luck.

Okay, I’m lagging behind…

Our summer has rolled on since my last post and I have A LOT to share.


The weekend of June 5th we had another successful weekend of fishing at the lake. Once again Melissa, Kell and Amanda came up and we had a great day on the boat, catching fish and some sun.

Kell trying to open the live well, unfortunately this one wasn't a keeper.

Amanda's prize fish.



Kell was fighting his sleepiness.



Kell taking the wheel. Yep we were stopped at the gas pumps!

A keeper!

Melissa and Kell.

Kell's having a great time!

Nic reels one in, while Kell watches and hopefully is learning.

The next weekend at the lake, the weekend of June 12th we decided to take a break on fishing and just have a relaxing day on the lake. Melissa and her friends (Megan and Andy) came up. Nic’s uncle let us borrow his pontoon and we did a Poker Run while making some stops to float in the water along the way.


For the poker run we had to go to 5 marinas and get a sealed envelope that contained a playing card. We were not allowed to open the envelopes. The stops were Long Bay, Whitehorn, Taylor’s Ferry North, Paradise Cove and Sequoyah Bay. It began at noon and Nic had to be back at the Elk’s Lodge by 6pm that evening with his sealed envelopes. Unfortunately he only had a pair of 3’s.


Melissa and her friends were exhausted from the afternoon in the sun and decided to go home for the night. Nic and I were pretty exhausted ourselves however still managed to take an evening boat ride with another couple and Fara got to go along.


We had plans to spend some more time on the water Sunday, but the weather was NOT cooperating, so we waited out the rain and packed up.

Kell, Fara and me taking a quick trip on the four-wheeler.

Kell peeking out of the trailer.

And we're off.

Melissa and Megan

Andy & Me

My sports illustrated swim suit shot. LOL!

Group shot.

Swimming in Jane Dennis Cove.

Melissa taking a little nap,

So last week on June 16th, my impatience won out over my patience. I just could not wait until July 1st for my big ultrasound and I decided to get yet another ultrasound done. As much as I was pleased with the prospect of having a girl, I just couldn’t trust the declaration made by the other ultrasound tech that she was 95% sure it was a girl. I knew either way I would be happy, I just want a baby.


So I snuck in on Tuesday, even went to a different place without telling Nic. The first thing the U/S tech told me was that so far it had been a boy day. Sure enough there were little man parts!! “His” heart rate was 146 bmp and he was kicking and punching away.


Since Nic had really been hoping for a boy, I decided to get him a “new father” Father’s Day card and put the identifying shots in the card as his Father’s Day gift. After all he did get me a mother’s day card. I can’t keep secrets very well from him so I pretty much gave him the card as soon as I got home. When he saw it, he had the biggest smile. Now to decide on a name… unless they tell us July 1st it’s a girl again!


Baby giving me a good punch.

Another spine shot, it's amazing how much the little guy has grown.

Here's the shots of the boy parts.

The view from the bottom.

View from the side, you can't see the leg closest.

Nic had to work on Fathers’s day, so I went with my mom to my cousin Angela’s house to spend father’s day with my Grandpapy. For lunch we had chicken, salmon, mashed potatoes, and salad. For dessert we had strawberry shortcake and chocolate pie. For several weeks I have been feeling what I think are flutters of movement from the baby. However after eating the chocolate pie I know I felt the baby doing back flips! “He” must be like “his” daddy who LOVES chocolate pie! Since then every morning on the way to work I’ve been feeling the same type of movements. I can’t wait until Nic can feel the baby move.

The unofficial start of summer

So another Memorial Day has gone and passed. As it normally does there was some rain, however unlike years before it was not a complete washout. Nic went down to the lake on Thursday, and then Fara and I went down Friday evening after work. My friend Amanda was coming down for the night, so I waited on her so she could follow me down...or she would have gotten lost.

As soon as we got to Long Bay we immediately loaded up on Bryan and Frankie's pontoon and started fishing. Even Fara got to go. The sandbass were biting! We didn't keep count, but we caught a lot. There weren't too many keepers but I didn't care, I was happy just to have my hands smell like fish despite a couple wounds from the treble hooks on my right index finger.

After returning to our RVs after fishing, I had to make the hamburger patties, but I quickly found we had no Worcestershire sauce. Thank goodness for Morgan's Corner! Needless to say we didn't eat dinner until 9:30 or 10. Surprisingly I was not extremely hungry, nor tired. After dinner, our site became grand central station with just about everyone stopping by and visiting. So bed time came very late for us.

Saturday, the weather was nice but not quite warm enough for me to get in the water. I realized I completely forgot about getting a fishing license...once again thank goodness for Morgan's Corner. After a filling breakfast of biscuits and gravy, we headed out fishing again. The fish were biting just as well as they were the evening before.

Melissa and Kell showed up around 11 and we picked them up at the boat ramp. Kell enjoyed himself and wore his life jacket like a good boy. He would try to hold the fishing pole and reel it. He couldn't quite figure out the motion of the reel and I was afraid he'd drop the fishing pole in the lake. He was no help though if a fish grabbed the lure so I'd reel it in myself, get the fish off and show it to him and he would just squeal and laugh. Then when we'd toss a fish back in the lake, he would wave and say "Bye!"

Proof that Amanda was fishing, she said no one would believe her.

Nic thinks he's a professional with his open-face reel.

Kell trying to reel.

Kell was excited about the fish I caught.

I tried to get Kell to kiss the fish for good luck. He just squealed and laughed.


We returned back to our camp in afternoon, before the rain moved in. Fortunately it was just a quick shower. We enjoyed some watermelon. Shortly later everyone started showing up at our site. Kell played ball, took a four-wheeler ride, blew some bubbles, spent a little time in time-out, and kissed Fara.

Looking like an expert camper.

What a stud!

Thumbs up!

Time-Out

Tickle, tickle

Aww, she does love him! She's even slipping him the tongue.

Saturday evening Amanda, Melissa and Kell all went home. We decided to make it an early night and go to bed around 9:30pm. The next morning Melissa and Kell came back and we squeezed in a couple more hours of fishing. Unfortunately we had to go home on Sunday because Nic worked on Monday.