On the Thursday before Memorial Day my dad called and talked to Lonnie. He asked if we wanted to meet him at the lake. He owns a very small piece of property on a private lake where there are only about 6 properties on the lake. I had just been telling Lonnie I wanted to do something fun and me and Jae had been outside "playing" when he had called. We talked it over and decided we would head down there in the next couple of hours. Since my Husband works three 11 hour days those three days are weekend days. So, that means he is always working on the Holidays that fall on the weekend or on a Monday. This was gonna be our lil Memorial weekend. (even if it was on a Thursday and Friday) My brother's days off are also during the middle of the week and My Dad has Friday's off too. Amazingly I was going to get to see my brother and my Dad with my family all on the same day! (a very rare thing) Anyhow, We packed up and headed down there. The three hour drive felt a little long this time and we finally arrived around 9:30 that night. Dad, Lonnie and Justin went out to set trot lines while I stayed in with Jae and my 8 year old step sister Morgan. Jae just loves her auntie "M".
The next morning we all got up and headed out in the boats. Justin and Lonnie headed out first to go do a little Bass fishing. Dad took all us girls out in his boat. lets just say my dad was a lot more patient than the last time I fished with him. ( that was probably back in 1995) So, I hadn't been fishing in out of a boat since then, and I have to say it took me a while to get the hang of casting out of the boat. At first dad was casting for Jae, Morgan, and Me. Then I took the jig pole and started fishing on my own. ( hey i caught a Crappie or two) Then I started baiting my regular pole and Casting. I actually felt like i was accomplishing something.( sad I know) Over all our boat filled mainly with three girls and a Dad/poppy caught about 30 fish. Justin and Lonnie caught 5 Bass.
We left the Lake and headed to Dad's house which is an hour away. Lonnie cleaned the fish with some very dull electric knives and Jae checked out Dad's ducks and chickens.As we started our three hour journey home we all three talked about what a good time we had fishing. It was a great day to make some good memories!
Jae Reeling in her Lil Fishy!
Poppy taking her fishy off the hook
She was saying BIG Fish!
Auntie "M" catching her fish
My brother or as Jae calls him Uncle Boots
My Hubby Trying to catch some fish
My Dad doing what he did almost the entire fishing trip!
Jae was absolutely loving the wind in her hair.
Jae and her Poppy.
Sunny wishes!!
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