trail camera

Last Christmas one of the things I got was a trail camera.  OK, I might have picked it out
I put it out last Sunday in a spot near where we hunt in northern Minnesota.  I put some deer cane down as an attractant.  Four days later my Dad went to the camera and [...]

Football picture night – Zach’s senior year

Well, Zach will be a Senior in high school this year.  Guess I’m getting old
We went to the annual picture night for the football team last night.  The coach does this so the parents can take pictures of the kids and team if they want.  He also talks about the team and what [...]

a long weekend up north

Last Thursday morning my friend Barry and I got up early and headed north for a few days of fishing and a day in the woods.
We took his boat this time as mine was in the shop
Barry’s boat is great for fishing out of and it since it’s lighter, it pulls like a dream behind [...]

Minnehaha park

Last weekend DeeDee decided that we needed a family day.  She wanted a family weekend, but was willing to settle for a family day.   Let’s just say that this is no easy thing for us anymore now that our boys are almost 18 and 20.  I wish they wanted to do things with us like [...]

random stuff August 5th

In my last entry I mentioned that we had a bonfire with our friends Mike and Becky and their adorable daughter Edie Lou.  Here are a few pics from that night….
Becky, DeeDee and Edie

 
DeeDee and Edie through the smoke from the fire

 
A cool picture that Becky or Edie took.

 
Becky, Mike, DeeDee and me (Edie takes [...]

random stuff August 1st

Last week DeeDee’s sister Missy and her family went back home.  Before they left Michael and I did quite a bit of shooting with the 22.  He had fun shooting it this year.  Last year he just wanted to shoot the BB gun.
Here’s a picture of Michael shooting:

 
We had our friends Mike and Becky and [...]