Dave, Tim and I went out this morning and fished our usual spot. We found lots of trout that seemed to have a real attitude, I've never seen them hit and fight that hard. Tim caught the first redfish at 32" and Dave got the biggest at 38", which is the record out there for us so far. I caught one small slot size red, and about a dozen or so trout.
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| 38" Redfish |
Just got back from our camping trip to Hillsborough River State Park. One of the highlights of the vacation was a 2 hour canoe trip down the river. We saw lots of wildlife including gators. Devin did a great job on the whole trip taking pictures.
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| A 2 hour trip down the river |
Everyone was up early this morning very excited to be headed off to school, with summer vacation finally at an end. Derek was especially excited, commenting many times on how long the summer vacation was ;)
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| Devin and Danny off to School |
Happy Birthday Derek.
We had cake and a party at our house for Derek's birthday. You can see from the cake in the picture Devin has been watching too much "Cake Boss".
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| Derek and Devin's 'Cake Boss' Cake! |
Devin had her Spring Dance Recital last night and tonight. The theme was 'Time' and it was a lot of fun to watch. The show consisted of 31 routines of which Devin was in eight.
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| Devin and the 'crew' in Tap |
A falling tree barely missed the house in Wisconsin this weekend, but still managed to do a huge amount of damage... smashing a window, flattening the air conditioner, and putting a couple holes in the roof. Still, very lucky it wasn't 10 feet to the left!
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| Just Missed |
Went camping at Disney's Fort Wilderness this weekend, and actually went to the park this time. Magic Kingdom was running extended hours so we took advantage of that to avoid the holiday crowds. We also hung out at Animal Kingdom Lodge, using their pool and later having dinner at the buffet. They have what they call 'savannas' there, with all kinds of African animals, so we got to see Giraffes, Zebras, Ostriches and and bunch of other stuff.
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| Animal Kingdom Lodge |
Only one more game left and Derek's season is over.
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| Derek - Satellite Beach Soccer |
Devin received not one, but 3 awards at her school's awards ceremony this evening. One of them was the prestigious "DeLaura Scottie Award"! Way to go Devin! -- If you would have been here you could have told me how to spell 'prestigious', good thing we have spell checkers :)
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| Devin before the ceremony |
Just got back from a long weekend camping at Disney's Fort Wilderness. The weather was perfect, and everyone had lots of fun riding bikes, swimming, driving the golf cart and riding the mono-rail around the park.
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| Horse Stables at the Campground |
