Anderson Island

Anderson Island

Summer Fun

We had so much fun on Anderson Island this summer. We were hoping to be able to get over there one more time before school started, but we are seriously running out of days! With football already going strong three days a week, it's hard to fit much of anything else in.

fishermen: uncle james and ethan

ethan has been asking his uncle james to teach him to fish for months now... and this weekend it happened... we went out to anderson island for a family get together and uncle james made time for lesson #1...

ethan hooked his line on his sweatshirt( a couple of times)... our friends let us borrow their canoe for fishing in the middle of the lake...

ethan learned to cast...

ethan learned that patience is required...( i think he thought the fish would immediately hook themselves to the tasty treat)


ethan learned that baiting a hook meant putting a LIVE worm on to a sharp hook...

but... at the end of the morning; which included thunder, lightning and rain... ethan reeled in his first(of many hopefully) rainbow trouts... 12.5 inches long... we think he was proud...

: )

some anderson island photos...

cole, zach and matt enjoy some cotton candy in the sun...

so do abby and biz...

weekend haiku...

anderson island

so much fun, so little time

to rest and relax

memorial day weekend...

memorial day weekend at anderson island...

what are you doing?

island living...

i just wanted to post a couple of pictures from this last weekend out at our family place on anderson island... we love going out there... maybe its the ferry ride, maybe its the walks on the beach, maybe its tenting in the back yard, maybe its the swimming hole, or maybe its a combination of all of these and more...

here the kids pose by our four man tent that barely sleeps six...

and by their sand castle creations...
walks on the beach always turn into rock throwing contests...


those are so much fun...

i know that i am blessed beyond measure and i truly thank God daily for my family...