Em, Stef, Mom, and I recently fished the annual WAM tourney - this year held in Paynesville, MN on Lake Koronis. Mom did a seminar on Northern de-boning which was a big hit with the ladies. The tourney itself went ok - we avoided rain, and caught a few fish, too :) Stef ended up winning 3rd place rock bass as you can see in the pics. Only issues we had were with the resort and cabin we stayed in - BugBee Hive Resort. Enjoy the pics!
I have been deep into crafts lately - hence the lack of internet time posting here :)
I have mainly been making quilts but I will probably start making drapes, headbands, totes, you name it (thanks to my awesome aunts - Barb and Colleen).
These are a few of the projects I am working on, except for one that a certain someone cannot see for a few months ;)
Above are the quilts I have been working on for our guest bedroom which has 2 twin beds in it (on the left - learned the paper piecing technique from a coworker, Sharon; on the right - Grandma Walsh quilted the blocks and I put them together with the border)
As you can see, my workspace went from sprawled all over the dining room table (see pic at left) to all nice and neat because of the wonderful birthday present from my awesome husband (see pic at right).
Sunday morning Josh and I woke to Boscoe barking... Josh brought him outside thinking nature was calling, but the pup just froze and looked scared once outside. Josh then heard a noise and let the dog back inside, grabbed a broomball broom, and went back outside to see the neighbor's motion spotlight go on and hear someone running away. The dome light was still on in his car so he knew what had just happened - someone had broken into the car. Being the good citizen he is, Josh woke me up and called the police, who showed up very quickly, but could not do much to catch the thief.
At first we had thought that there were two - one checking out the front of houses on a bike (we saw the tracks in the fresh snow) and then the other going into the vehicles after given the "all clear" from the perp in the front. After daybreak, Josh followed both the tracks from the front and the footprints in the back. The footprints clearly went to many different houses on the block with most of the cars also broken into. The bicycle tracks, however, actually led to a house with the bike in clear view in the yard. Josh looked up the address and called the homeowner to find out that the bike belongs to our paper boy who happened to be delivering papers around the same time as the break-ins. The paperboy noticed another bike stashed on the road nearby, we assume was either stolen or used for getaway.
After all that work - in the bitter cold I might add - we are left with a broken CD player and tracks that are now long gone.
Moral of the story - LOCK YOUR CAR EVEN IF YOU LIVE ON A BUSY STREET!!!
Also - Boscoe has turned out to be worth the pain he has been chewing on everything in sight... He doesn't normally bark much, but he sure did let us know when he was alarmed!
I am going to be an AUNT!!! My awesome sister and her equally awesome husband are expecting a wee one in September :)
Right now I am also an aunt-in-law (I guess you would call it) to Kayla and Bishop, from Josh's side of the fam. No babies for Josh and I for AT LEAST 4 years I would say...
Anyway - they are going to be the greatest parents and I can't wait till that day comes :)
Here are a few of my favorite pics from my computer... ENJOY!!!
From our wedding:
Our puppy Boscoe:
My mom, Grams, me, and my sisters:
Me, Josh, and the newlyweds Adam and Janelle -Rock Climbing in Oregon:
Me and my Lady (Heather):
Hiking the falls at Dunn's River, Jamaica:
