Tiffany's Hybrid

My sisters' daughter, Tiffany Thompson with her big hybrid she caught during their recent Lake Tawakoni visit. She was just as excited when she caught it as she is here posing.

The Virginia Bunch Invades Lake Tawakoni

My sister Dinetha brought her family to the lake for a couple of days of tubing, fishing, bird watching and visiting. Shown here are (from left) Nathan, Dinetha, Mom and Tiffany. They managed to catch enough fish for a fish fry and tried fried green tomatoes for the first time (they liked them). This was just a practice run as there were only 8 in that group. July 4th we have 21 on the way.

Weekend Shots

(From Left) Alex, Stephanie, Matt and Terry take a break from fishing

The fish finder shows what they were catching

I thought we fed birds

That's more like it

Summer is here and the lake house has been busy. Since June 4th, there have been 2 nights that Melanie and I have been "home alone". This past week, Johnny and Merikaye were here and they did a lot of work around the house (hanging new rope lights, power washing decks). Johnny and his friend Tim and I went out Wednesday and kept 58 white bass. On Friday, Melanie's brother Matt, Terry, Stephanie and Alex came in from San Antonio for fishing and boat riding and they took home enough fish to feed 36 people.

All is quite until Father's Day when my sister and her gang come to Tawakoni from Washington DC.

Birthday Weekend

Feeding the Catfish at the Athens Fresh Water Fishery Center

Case, Nanny and Emmalie getting ready for a ride on the tube behind the boat. The two kids rode alone together and had a blast

Joey and Case, Shane and Emmalie and Koby and Asia all came to the lake this weekend. The guys were doing a "daddy day care" weekend with their kids and they spent Friday night and Sunday night with us. They camped at the Tawakoni State Park Saturday night. Melanie worked around the house Saturday while I acted as though I had taken benadryl all day and Sunday we drove over to Athens to visit the Texas Fresh Water Fisheries Center and do a little shopping. Thanks for all the birthday well wishes from friends, family and coworkers. Here's a few photos from the weekend

Tawakoni Sunset and Gardenia Tree

Although we cannot take any credit, we have a wonderful gardenia tree in the front yard and it makes everything smell great

Saturday evening Sunset on Melanie's first day back as a full time resident

I wrote back in August that Melanie had left to work in Midland and that was a sad time. But, time heals all and she's back at home. She was basically packed and ready Friday night and we made it back Saturday in time to hit the lake for some fishing. We had a great time Sayturday and Sunday and di not manage to get a lot of work done but we needed the break.