1st Grade Social, originally uploaded by ninelives.1972.

I went today to my youngest's class social. They sang Sally The Camel and we ate pretzels, chips, and oreos. Then the class gave and signed a Terrible Towel and Steelers tickets. Wow, I want to be a teacher for the gifts. Is that so wrong?

Day 4 -

It was a busy one, Lori, my mother-in-law joined us on the eve of day 3. So we woke up and went fishing, and caught a stringer full of crappie and white bass. After fishing Lori treated us to lunch at the local Spillway restaurant. The food was good but it was expensive, I guess they have a captive audience. There is not much else there in Linesville. We also in the Pymatuning Wildlife Learning Center, another annual thing we do. We actually were able to see two bald eagles in the wild. It was pretty cool. Lori then took the girls to do some kayaking, so Brenda and I went back on the lake to fish the afternoon/evening.  Fisherman often refer to walleye as eye’s. On our way driving to the boat launch, a guy was walking through the campground with a net in hand and three or four big walleyes in it.  I slowed the van and simply said, “Nice eyes.” He turned and looked at me, like I was hitting on him. I quickly issued  a response, “I mean walleyes”. My wife busted out laughing, it was a little awkward, but they were, nice eyes. Of course Brenda has told everyone we have come in contact with about that funny moment, so I figured I would share with both of my readers. Your boy made a funny, Mom and Dad! While fishing, we actually got a glimpse of the illusive walleye, I had one on my line, had it reeled in almost to the net that Brenda was holding and it wiggled one last time and off it went. It had to be at least 21 inches. Oh-well that’s fishing. We finished the night up with pizza mountain pies on the camp fire. Yum Yum!

Day 5 -

Happy Memorial Day!! Went fishing but got on the lake quite a bit earlier (7 instead of 9). We had tried to do the early thing last year with the girls, but it usually just resulted in two miserably tired little girls and eventually a grumpy mom and dad., and that is so far from what we are striving for when on vacation. But on this morning it went really well, we (Lori included) filled up another stringer with crappie, a perch and another large mouth bass. Great fishing, but still no walleye. Gary (my Brother-in-law) and Gary or The Old Man (my Father-in-law), which camped on the same lake but a different campground that did not allow pets, caught  three walleye and a ton of crappie. This is a good thing, at least someone brought home some eye’s…We fished until about 1:00.

I have to mention that the weather this Memorial Weekend has had to been the best we have had in a long, long time. We had a little sprinkles on  day 4, but not enough to even get wet. All week we knew to expect rain on what would have been day 6 (today) for us. So we have been using Brenda’s Blackberry to monitor the forecast. When we got off the lake, the detailed forecast for day 6 was in. Rain, rain, and more rain. This is where having self contained camper would be beneficial. We paid for a sixth day at the campground and if we left earlier we would not get a refund, but Brenda and I decided life would be about three times easier to pack up dry. So after lunch, Lori took the girls to the beach while I filleted and Brenda started packing up the camper. Usually we are packing up leisurely to get checked out by 3, today we were packing up to get out when we could. It ended up being around 5:30.

Recap -

It was a Perfect weekend. Yes there were a few bumps in the beginning, but I feel refreshed and refocused. I owe it all to the Lord. He provides, even when things are chaotic and seem pretty bad, He will always provide! Thanks and Praises to him! Now back to the grind and looking forward to the next trip! Thanks for following CT2009 Trip 1

CT2009 Trip 1 Day 3, originally uploaded by ninelives.1972.

Day 3 has been a good one. We fished this morning and caught two big Catfish, which we released, then caught three crappie that we kept. We finished up fishing and had lunch and now we are at Pymatuning Deer Park. An annual thing we do. Brenda stayed back at camp with Romy. All in all this was great day. This picture I took of us riding the train. Fun times in Jamestown, PA

CT2009 Trip 1 Day 2, originally uploaded by ninelives.1972.

Day two of out 1st camping trip in 2009. Great weather & some awesome time with my family. It can't get any better. Fishing was so, so, but the day on the water was relaxing. Romy is such a sport for anything the girls can hand her. What a great dog. Here are the girls ready for bed. Thanks for visiting and again, have a safe holiday weekend.

CT2009 Trip 1 Day 1., originally uploaded by ninelives.1972.

Camping Trip 2009 Our 1st trip Day 1. Well after a not so great start to our adventure hence the "On Our Way" post. We arrived at our site around 9:30. Yes it was dark, very dark. But our plan was to just put up the tent camper and sleep then put up the rest of camp the next morning. We got to bed 11:15 and daylight came early. We were up at 7. We had a relaxed morning setting up camp. I enjoyed sitting drinking coffee with my bride and just talked while the kids took Romy for a walk. After, the girls and I went to the play ground. I have to say that Pymatuning State Park PA Tuttle Point is not for us. The play ground sucks, and there is a lot of over growth. Maybe it is just too primitive for my liking. We did get a site without electric. That means we are kind of roughing it, right? The weather has been outstanding and it looks like that may continue, minus a few isolated showers
later in this holiday weekend. Tomorrow we plan on spending the day fishing. Blessings.

Happy Birthday Bridget!, originally uploaded by ninelives.1972.

This bridget she turned 7 yesterday. we will be celebrating it while we are camping. I just really wanted to share that.

T Minus 48 hours...., originally uploaded by ninelives.1972.

Two nights from right now we will be setting up camp at Pymatuning State Park. I worked all day today getting the camper ready and grocery shopping for our first outing of 2009. Tomorrow I will be getting the boat ready. It would be nice to fill our freezer with some good walleye slabs. But that is enough about camping and fishing, It is a great day for hockey. Go Pens!

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What's next for Romy., originally uploaded by ninelives.1972.

The girls and Romy in the Father-In-Laws truck yesterday.

This series is getting physical. It’s another great day for hockey.

@charleyhays, Go Pens! I told you not to worry figuring out how to send the broom with them. Back to your ice, should be a good game. No time for recovery. Excited to see how the Pens battle without Gonchar.

Painting, originally uploaded by ninelives.1972.

First dormer down....

I was gonna get an earlier start.

Robin Watch 2009 – Part 2 “We have eggs”

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