Ice fishing, snowshoes and eagles

We spent Saturday and Monday up to Fishlake keeping up our resolution to have more fun. We packed up the snowshoes, skis, and fishing poles and took off. It's not often we both have Martin Luther King Day off.

Saturday was a gorgeous day. It was overcast but a nice day to be out. The fishermen were plentiful. It was hard to find a parking spot in any of the pullouts up by the lake. The fish must have been elsewhere. No one brought home anything. Kris fished for a while, but he preferred the cross country skis. Serena probably wishes she could fish, but she learned to snowshoe anyway. She spent a lot of time sitting in the snow wondering why exercise is good for you. Snowshoes aren't hard to learn to walk in but you do have to be able to see the tracks of the person in front of you. If you fall off the compacted trail that mom makes, the snow is pretty deep and soft. It's easy for her to fall off the trail and sink in a bit. Without snowshoes or skis, it is over my knees. Kris is easily up to his waist when he falls over. Anyway, the three of us spent some good times on the campground road at Mackinaw campground. A gorgeous bald eagle kept circling overhead for most of the time. We had a little picnic back at the truck. Both kids slept on the way home.

Monday was much snowier and colder. The wind chased David and Vic off the lake after about 2 hours. Serena, Kris and I trekked around the same campground and got pretty snowy. The fish were hiding again so we brought nothing home. David created a great lunch from summer sausage and cheese. Chex mix rounded it out to a gourmet treat after our snowy adventure. It must be why we brought him along today. There was a golden eagle flying around for most of our adventure, but the only animals we saw were two does on the way home. I was tired enough today that I slept on the way home.

Keep up with those resolutions!

Winter fun

We are keeping up our resolution to have fun around here. Kris and I went snowshoeing at the park across the street on Saturday. I don't know what the distance is around the circumference of the park but I know that it took us an hour to do it together. It was a bright sunny day and a lot of fun. The kids are off of school today for a teacher prep day so David and Vic went to Fish Lake for a little male bonding experience. I hope we have fish for dinner when they get home.

Update: 6 fish Score: Dad 2 David 4
They brought home four rainbows and 2 splake.
We had a great dinner! Wish you were here.

Lack of time and lazy about postings

Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and all other holidays of the fall/winter season. We have been busy and festive. We had a massive feast for Thanksgiving and all of the children were home for that day. We had 4 of 5 kids home for Christmas day and Amanda and Chris came home for the annual New Years Fondue Feast. They came. They cooked. They ate. It is now 2010. The house is a wreck, but thankfully we are all healthy, happy, and still here. Amanda is still teaching and enjoying it. Adam is still in school, but tells us he will graduate in May. David, Serena, and Kris are still in school and still fine. David also graduates in May. All is well. We have much to be thankful for and hope that the new year is prosperous and peaceful.