Catching up!

Geez - it's been a while. Part of the reason:

I've been working for the US Census since mid-April. That's my official credential - I'm a federal employee! Actually, it's been perfect - I can go work after Jason gets home and on weekends. It likely won't last too much longer, but it's been nice!

On Mother's Day we took the boat out to Standley Lake again - and pulled up on the other side of the lake to relax and fish from the shore. Kids had a blast playing in the MUD as you can see. Andrew is in his element when he's outdoors - he's a master skipper (of rocks) (seriously, he's really good) and just loves digging, throwing ANYTHING in the water (the bigger the better), etc. We think he'd be great on Survivor someday. Maybe even replace Bear Grylls!

May 1 - First day at Standley Lake!

We've been waiting for May 1, the day Standley Lake (the one right behind our house) opens up for boating...boys had the day memorized. We didn't make it out until the afternoon due to baseball and soccer, but we did it! You can see by the clothing it was pretty chilly, and it was windy - but still awesome to be out there on our own boat! So many times we've been at the shoreline fishing, or even just throwing rocks in, collecting shells, watching the other boats launch - this time it was us. : ) We are so very blessed! Didn't fish yet, but the fish finder found a few!

We saw parts of the lake we'd never seen or known about - a small "island" with tons of pelicans, trees absolutely full of nests, too many bird species to list.