Naples Florida

Bob and I had a very nice trip visiting mom & dad in Naples, FL.  We were able to do a little bit of everything while eating seafood galore.  We hit the beach and Bob fished off the Naples Pier...landing small pan fish.  The dolphins made the fishing a little difficult, but I enjoyed watching them.  Mom and dad took us on a water taxi bar hop which was great because we got to see parts of Naples and try the local fare, seafood of course!  We went to a local farmers market where we bought some fresh produce, and...seafood, crab claws and shrimp.  We also floated in their pool and fished off their local community pier.   While Bob caught some different varities of Snappers and a couple catfish, I caught a large sea trout and a stingray.  The stingray was an interesting attempt to take off the hook, so we didn't.  Bob had to cut the line asking me to make sure it doesn't get him.  Yeah Right! 

X marks the spot

Bob Fishing off the Naples Pier (under the hut)

Sea Trout - had to be 21 inches

Fishing off community pier on a channel

Where's Mom?  Can you find her below?

Welcome Little Lillia Grace

Lillia Grace Hanshaw

Born: 3/28/2012

Time:  1:22 p.m.

Weight:  7.8 pounds

Height:  20 inches

Happy One Month Birthday!!!  We Love You!!

2012 Ice Fishing

What a mild winter we have had.  Despite the warm weather (it's Feb 19th and nearing 50 degrees today), we did manage to get a little ice fishing in.

Two Peas in a Pod

Christmas 2011

Christmas this year was spent at my mother's house.  It was a quite Christmas with the family being so far apart, but it was great to Skype with Grandma, Garrett, & Dad.  I was spoiled this year - Bob got me a new SLR digital camera!  He'll be staying warm in a wool blanket I crocheted for him.

 

A 'Faux' Family Christmas was spent with Bob's side of the family as well.  It's so nice to have the family together.

CCHA Champions Reunite - OSU Hockey 1971

My father, Ray Meyers attended a reunion and celebration of his glory days from OSU hockey. Here is an interesting fact: Dad has a mural painted in the arena near the concessions stands. He sits along the greats who came out of OSU such as Archie Griffin, a Heisman Trophy Winner. A really nice article was written paying tribute to the team. To read, please click on the image and wait for a new brower window to open. Increase the zoom to as much as 400% to read the text.

We are proud of you Pop!

August 2011 U.P. Trip with GBM Before Italy, Airforce Departure

We took a trip to the U.P. of Michigan for a week. The reason for the long vacation was to celebrate Garrett's last Hoorah before he is shipped out to Italy to begin his Airforce Service for 2-3 years. Before we started our vacation, we had Garrett here in Chicago with us for a weekend. Garrett then had 2 weeks of recruiting duty to serve in Oshkosh. During one of his weekends there, we visited with my Mother, Grandma Margaret, and Lee.

The beginning of our trip to the U.P. allowed for us to spend time together in Oscar Bay. Our friends, the Aldrich's came to visit with us. We spent our entire day there fishing off the dock.

The second leg of our trip, we visited with mom and dad at the Superior cottage. It was great to see our extended family including Grandma Margaret, Grandpa Jack, Uncle Joe, and Aunt Jodi. We spent our few days there golfing, taking walks on the beach, sitting in the hot tub, going to an art fair, having a campfire (where I caught on fire), doing a puzzle, and Bob went kayaking. The best part of the trip was getting the news that Meg and Dave are engaged and expecting their first baby. CONGRATS MEG AND DAVE!

The last leg of our trip was a blast as well. As you'll see in the pictures below, we went canoeing down the Paint River, Garrett caught a 22 inch Birch, we shot a couple rifles, had campfires, played poker (GBM was the winner), and had a lot of laughs.