Fishing at Fuller Lake

On Friday evening Sid and I decided to go fishing (well, you know it was Sid's idea) They had just planted Fuller Lake with trout so we decided to go up and give it a try. The day was beautiful and the weather was perfect so it was a fun drive. We decided to take Rusty with us to let him get away from home!! Well, we get to the lake and get out of the truck and walk toward the dam and right in front of us was a bear. I guess we spooked the little guy and he ran off up the side of the road. Rusty was not on a leash at this point and started to chase the bear so Sid yelled at him to come back and luckily he obeyed (That is a first!). This was a little bear cub and really so cute but we were worried that the mother must be close by since it was so small. A couple of people who were fishing at the lake said it had been playing around the side of the dam and they did not see a mother bear around. We thought that was fine and set up our stuff to fish at the lucky spot that we had fished before. First cast, and Sid landed a fish. Second cast, and Sid landed a fish. I cast and caught a fish but he wiggled off when I was pulling up the side of the dam. As we were fishing we noticed the bear was approaching us from behind and was slowly creeping back up the side towards us. Rusty was on a leash at this point so we thought he was trying to cross the dam. We moved our stuff and let him pass over the dam but he decided to try and get our fish that were on the stringer in the lake. Sid was not having that so he yelled at the bear to leave and he scampered off across the dam to the other side of the dam. We kept an eye on him from that vantage point and he tried to come back and get our fish a couple of more times. He was the cutest thing ever!! I didn't have my camera with me and Sid didn't have his camera either. Oh, well, the fishing was GREAT and we caught our limit and went on our way! I did take pictures of the fish that we caught, (I caught the biggest one!) Sid caught the most but I caught the biggest! We had them for dinner last night and they were really good.

A Day in the Country

Friday was a beautiful day so we decided to go to Indiana to Huber Farms. This is a 400 acre farm that has acres and acres of u-pick produce and hayrides out to the farm to pick. It was so wonderful to be outdoors and see how beautiful this farm was. This is Alexis with the kids out in front of the ice cream parlor and cheese shop. We had ice cream after we had our picnic and picked our produce. Really yummy stuff. It's not every day you can sit on a fake cow!!!
Here is Josh and Alexis with the kids in one of those "corny" head thingies!! They had several of these around the grounds but I only put this one in because it was of everyone!
Here we all are picking the golden delicious apples. The wind put a lot of the apples on the ground but there were still a lot on the trees. We picked golden delicious and red delicious apples and then picked broccoli and then tomatoes. You name it, they have it at this farm. Quite the spread of things to pick and so much fun to show the kids how these things are grown. We had a picnic after picking by the ponds and fed the fish and ducks. They also have a play area that you can pay to get into and let the kids run wild. What a great day trip and so much fun. Thanks guys for taking me there!! We did have to buy a caramel nut apple pie and some white chocolate raspberry bread at the country store that they have. There were so many good things to buy it was hard to decide. (How come everything centers around food???)

I'm not in Kansas anymore!

Well, I guess I am not in Kansas because I am in Kentucky!! How could you not get excited about seeing these two little ones every morning waking you up!! What a great time I had in Kentucky with Josh and Alexis. We had a crazy beginning with the likes of Ike storm roaring into the Louisville area and knocking out the power. We were very lucky to have a well built home that didn't have any damage from the winds or fallen trees. We had church in the dark!! No electricity for the microphones or lights in the rooms but you could still feel the spirit of determined members to hold church for the whole 3 hours!! Great neighbors that checked up on everyone and to see the church in action with the checking of the HT and VT routes to see if anyone needed any assistance. What a great bunch of people! School was out for the whole week! 300,000 people without electricity. We went to the zoo and the animals were fun to see even without lights!!
This is Bryson jumping on my bed. I shared his room while I was there and he would wake up in the middle of the night and tell me to give him is pacifier that he had lost out of his crib!! We would look at each other and laugh and giggle. He is such a darling little guy with the most beautiful blue eyes you have ever seen.
Can you guess what this was??? We ate at some good places while in Kentucky and of course enjoyed sharing desserts. This was a moulton cake I think. Yum Yum Mike takes the prize for eating the most at one sitting at Joe's crab shack!!
Megan kept us entertained with having her 5th birthday while I was there and we got to watch her play soccer 3 times and ballet one time. It was great that she could do things with us and we didn't have to worry about getting her at school. She is supposed to get back to school this week so she will be back into her normal routine again. Megan was so wonderful with baby Ava and held her so gently and lovingly. She will be a great help to any addition to the family in the future.

While in Kentucky we also started a large landscaping overhaul. We removed and reworked the flower beds and added a few things to make it look better. We bought a lot of top soil and new plants to put in and edging for the new beds. We got a lot done in the great weather but there is more to finish this week. Mike promised he would help plant the larger plants when they return form West Virginia for a day. I look forward to seeing the finished results on your blog. We planted around 100 bulbs of tulips and others that will bloom in the spring. Can't wait to see that picture.

Time Out for Women

A couple of Saturdays ago I had a chance to attend Time Out for Women (a mini version of Women's conference at the Y). It was downtown at the convention center and I went with Gayle Wheeler (1st in the picture) and Cindy Clement (2nd in the picture) The other women in the picture are Cindy's relatives that carpooled with us. It was really great to hear such wonderful speakers and music. On Friday evening we were treated to a concert and speaker and then on Saturday we heard Kenneth Cope sing and talk and enjoyed many more wonderful speakers and authors.

I am so glad I have good friends to attend these wonderful things with. I truly enjoyed the music and the spoken word. If you have a time out for women that comes to your area, please go and enjoy! You even get a free tote bag!!