random happenings of family and fun…

Archive for July, 2009

The Boy

I forgot to post two of my favorite pictures last night. One is Owen on my back, not interested in getting his picture taken with my cellphone and the other is him and mommy touch a weird creature. There is a random video below as well… he was not paid by Hatfield to make that video.


Tuckabuckaway Part II

Well I am finally getting around to uploading the pictures to the website and I am a bit behind due to work as I am normally speaking with China during this time… 

This was the first mountain trip with Chunk and the family. I think he really enjoyed the outdoors as we spent a lot of time commanding outside. He also was fishing, went hiking in the backpack, played with everyone, including Kirby. Ice cream at the dairy on the way up was a treat for mom and dad and we even ran into nana and pop by chance.

Catching tons of fish on my ultra light will never get old as shown in the photos. I need to work on my sunfish cooking, but they were still very tasty and fresh. The new car handled well and as you can see it was packed to the max, but still had room to stretch. Random eagle sightings by me were not verified by Joe the bird watcher, but maybe next time since I had recently seen a few on the Kettle Creek with my nephews a few weeks prior. Kirby even made it into the water for one of the funniest things I have ever seen her do… she is an old lady now, but still has some pep especially when doggie paddling.

Hiking to the waterfall was the big family outing and Kirby was a trooper and came along and took a well deserved nap once back at the cabin. I even got a quick natural shower… ha. The rain did not keep me away when it came and the fishing did not cool down during that time. Too bad for Emily since she only got a little bit of time in the kayak, she is a good mom and made sure Owen was in good hands. 

Listening to nothing but woodpeckers, fish jumping, wind through the leaves, random chipmunks running around and (the occasional blurb from Owen) is better than anything I have on my iPod. Most important thing for the weekend was that we got away from it all to relax and recharge in the fresh air and sunlight. Before you know it, the all envelopes you once again and you are thinking/planning/waiting for the next time to get away from it all again – hopefully soon. 

Thanks again to the Hansen family for letting us stay at the cabin.


Tuckabuckaway

Well it is Thursday, July 1st and the summer is moving along quickly. Owen is now six months old as of June 30th and he is now  an official fisherman thanks to his new fishing pole that his nana and pop gave him. 

As you can see, he is all smiles… just like his dad when fishing. I will post the rest of the photos tomorrow night as I am tired and need to upload 48 pictures. 

Owen Commanding