Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

It has been a while since we have posted.  Jason and I are enjoying our stay in Nauvoo, Illinois.  We are not sure how much longer we will be here but are going to enjoy it while we are here.  Being Thanksgiving wanted to share a few things I am thankful for.  I am grateful for many things, these are just a few: my husband - he does so much to make me happy, family, friends, gospel of Jesus Christ, my testimony, my Savior Jesus Christ - to be able to live with my family again one day, my mom - I think of her often and wonder what she is doing, for a house to live in, to be able to see the seasons again, for this time of year to be with family, talents that I have - get to share with people, to be healthy, food to eat, freedom of this country, and the list could go on. I am glad to be able to have Thanksgiving to remember what is really important in life, to be with family and those you love.

We made it to the Midwest

We are in Illinois not Iowa like the last post was stated. We love it here. It has been a great three and a half months since we have moved here.  It has been hot, humid, green, there are trees here,  it rains here, and it cools off at night.  We have fished the Mississippi River several times; it's very muddy and hard to fish but we have caught fish.  Jason and I are still learning how to fish the river.

Iowa

Here we come...

Our last tournament...

We won 2nd place.  It was a great day!  Jason caught a 5.15lber and a 3.5lber.

Merry Christmas! Hope you remember why we have Christmas.  It is all about Christ and the gift of giving.

It's October again...

Yes, it is that time of year again to remember PINK. To remember my mother this month and what she went through and what little help will do to find the cure for Beast Cancer.

Canyon Lake

We went to a new lake this weekend.  It was great to go to a new place and see new scenery.  We went to Canyon Lake on Saturday.  It was fun.  I have been there once before and Jason had never been there.  Jason had a great day, me on the other hand didn't.  It was a tough day for me, no fish for me.  Below are some of the pictures of Jason's fish:

This fish was 18" long and weighed 3.65lbs. 

Then I was having fun with the camera.  Here are some of the scenic pictures of the lake and the sun set. Also, they have a 'Dolly' boat that take you on tours of the lake.   

Vacation

We are back from vacation! We did a lot of fishing, camping, hanging with family, and even relaxing.  We went up north to Jason's family trailer that is about 2 hours north of where they live.  We went in stayed there for three days.  It was great to go away from everything.  We didn't have much cell service or Internet.  We did A LOT of fishing. It was fun.  I caught for the first a Smallmouth bass, that was fun.  That was on the list of things to do while we were in Wisconsin. 

Then we can back and hung out with his parents on Wednesday and chilled to get away from the mosquitoes. Then went fishing with his dad on Thursday to Lake Wisota we catch some Walleye, again another thing that was on the list of things that I wanted to do while we were there.  He was a little guy. 

We then went to the National Eagle Center in Minnesota, by the Mississippi River.  I was able to take my picture with a real eagle up close.  That was a neat day! I love eagles and to was great to learn more about them. Some facts about Bold Eagles: they live up to 25 years in the wild. They eat mostly fish, they can also eat: rabbit, squarrrel, rat, quail and anything else they see that they would like to eat. They can see as far as we can read a newspaper from 100 yardrs away. They are very clean birds, they can spray their poop 6 feet away. Their wing span is about 5-6 feet.  The females weigh about 10 to 12 pounds and males weigh 8 to 10 pounds. One claw has the strength of 400 pounds.

This is a Golden Eagle

On the way hom from the Eagle center we went to find some cheese.  We went to this place it was so good!

Then Saturday we went to four lakes that I have never been to, which was great we were the first ones on the lake and we found a really nice spot and we caught 12 fish or so which is great considering we have never been to this lake. There was a very small channel to get to the other lakes. There was lots of lilly pads with flowers that were blooming.  It was a fun day!

We found this in the water, we are not sure how or when it got there but REALLY! How dangerous is this?