On Thursdays Austin gets off the school bus here instead of at home. He was so excited to show off his sticker that he got at school that day. I think this picture really captured the energy and bounce in his step. As soon as he was done showing the sticker off he stuck it on his shirt.

I caught this small mouth bass casting a yellow and Green Twister with a light yellow head. it hit almost as soon as the lure hit the water I must have cast right on top of its head.  Its a lot of line out and have to reel any fish a long way in.

I always fun catching them this way.

Taylor sure was happy to get her picture taken. She could hardly stand still enough for my camera to take a picture that wasn’t blurry. After several attempts she finally stood still. The close up was fun she laughed at herself when she saw it on my camera.

Brandon had trouble sleeping the night before I took this picture of him.

I didn’t realize when I took the pic but now I can really see he looks tired and has really heavy eyes.

Wednesday Michelle and I took Brandon to the park. I think the pictures tell most everything even without much of a description.

Tonight after dinner I asked mom if she wanted to go for a little boat ride. I was hoping to just put it in the water run around for an hour or so then head back home.

We got the boat in the water with no problems. We got the boat all loaded up and ready to go out. Then after we got comfortable i tried and tried to start the dang thing. I tried everything i could to get it to run it just wouldnt fire up.

So after a long time of trying and trying and trying some more. We decided that we would just put it back on the trailer and figure out what is wrong with it in daylight. So I guess I will try to figure it out tomorrow and attempt to take mom on another boat ride soon.

I grilled up these rib eyes tonight. They tasted great and were very juicy and tender. Really cant beat a good steak cooked on the grill. Does anyone maybe have some steak grilling tips they would be willing to share on here. I think i can cook a pretty darn good steak but i am always interested in experimenting to try and find more unique flavors.

This hungry sucker was a lot of fun to bring in. It is bigger then most of the fish I have caught from the boat launch and with the strong current it is pretty difficult to reel in. I am hoping to hook into a game fish this size in the near future.

When my dad was sick we would talk everyday on the phone. sometimes I would be sitting on the back deck, I would always see this butterfly and I told Dad that I felt like it was Uncle Dick coming around to say hi. sometimes I would see 2 and  Dad said maybe it is Grandma Faherty and Uncle Dick letting me know they where together. I remember telling Dad they are probably getting ready to go fishing . And we laughed, Dad said oh your laughing makes me feel better. He then told me that some day he will come back and visit me as a Butterfly. well my dad does come and visits us as a Butterfly.. sometimes I even see 3 flying around together . In this picture you can see how this Butterfly is just sitting on Jims wrist next to the yellow band he wore in support of Dads cancer. To this day Jim still wears his yellow band.

I took this video with my cellphone Thursday morning. its the first time i have published a video that i took from my cellphone. Let me know if anyone has trouble viewing it.

Brandon was a happy guy in the video. Would be nice if I could figure out a way to keep him this happy all the time.

i think I should invest in a digital camera that can record videos in higher quality. I think it would be fun to add some videos to the mixture here.