Fishlake Fun!

Fishing at Piute

Yesterday my brother, Jace, took us to Piute to go fishing.  He brought his paddle boat for us to use and his float tube for him.  We had lots of fun!  But it was SO hot.  Luckily I only burned my scalp.  Of all places to forget sunscreen! ( I even got a tan on my feet! YAY! For anyone who knows me knows that it is nearly impossible for me to tan, so I was super exited!) 

Dustyn found a little high spot in the lake so he decided to do a little fishing there.  

Here is Dustyn's catch for the day.

Here is what I caught all day.

We finally headed over to the boat ramp to load up the boat and thought we'd do a little crawdad fishing.  We both caught 2 or 3.  We didn't bring anything to cook them in, so we didn't keep them.  

Afterwards we went up on the Monroe looking for "the elk".  The one that everyone knows about and the one that is dominating on Monster Muleys.  Too funny.  But we didn't see it.  There were so many people up there looking for it.  It was crazy.   We tried to tell them that the parade isn't until Friday, but they didn't listen.

Jace doing what he does best.

Dustyn doing what he does best.  (just teasing)

Our buddy.

It was so nice to get a away and get up in the mountains!  I love it up there.

Camp Big Springs

Last Wednesday I decided to drive up to Provo and visit Dustyn at Camp Big Springs. The drive up was so beautiful. I took a few pictures through my windshield. (i know, how great could they be, huh?)

It was good to see Dustyn. I forgot how lonely and boring it gets at home alone. But I survived!

This is Camp Big Springs:

It is so pretty and green up there! I love it.

This is the kitchen tent/dining tent.

Here is a student coming down the zip line.

Here is Dustyn and Bill catching on the zip line.

I really should have got pictures of the skits and camp fire. Dustyn does a couple of skits that are hilarious. One of these years, I so need to get them on video. Such a silly husband I have.

He really enjoys going to camp. I miss him terribly when he is gone, but luckily they don't mind if I visit! So that is nice!

On Friday we drove back home. We got packed and ready and headed off to Fishlake. It was a fun weekend. Of course I gave Dustyn his Birthday present earlier, since he would be gone on his birthday. So here he is checkin' it out.

We spent all day (seriously all day) fishing in the boat. It was a blast. Love it. We trolled and trolled and trolled and caught . . . nothing.

Dustyn did however catch a couple of fish while we were anchored and fishing with spinners for a moment. Here is one . . .

Whoops. I mean here is one that he caught. (and caught again!)

By brother Jace is always entertaining. Such a goof ball, but we love him. He LOVES posing for my camera. And believe me, I have some awesome pictures of him. ;) Someday, someday I will share. Bwahaha. But seriously he is cool.

And of course, we can't forget my cool dad.

He likes to drive fast, but couldn't with all our fat butts in the boat. :P

We had so much fun camping and spending time with my family for Father's Day and Dustyn and my mom's birthday. My mom stayed at camp and read her book and cooked lots of good food. Chet was there too. He came fishing with us in the afternoon, but I didn't get a picture of him. I totally slacked off with taking pictures this weekend.

My grandparents even came up on Sunday and attended church at the Fishlake Branch and had dinner with us. I was sad to come home. But I know there will be more time for camping this summer! Yay! It was a beautiful WARM weekend! (Right now I am wishing I was up at Fishlake in the COOL air instead of sweating in my warm house.)

Next . . . Jackson Family Reunion

Every year we have a Jackson Family Reunion in Wayne County. When I was growing up it was something that I always looked forward too. And, not much has changed. Over the years the reunion has changed and that makes me sad, but we still have fun. We use to all show up Friday and stay in a Lodge in Koosharem with everyone all weekend. Then on Monday we would all go to all the Cemeteries in Wayne County and place the flowers we made through out the weekend on our relatives graves. Well - the Ranch was sold so we moved on over to Torrey. There we stayed at the Thousand Lakes RV Park all weekend. It was still fun, but just not the Lodge. Well last year, they decided to make it a one day reunion. :( So sad. So we meet in Bicknell at the City Park on Saturday and squish all of our traditional activities into one day.

This year, because of all the changes, my family decided to stay in Fishlake and camp and then just drive over to Bicknell on Saturday. We got to Fishlake late Friday night. Set up our tent and ate dinner. Of course, it snowed Friday night. But our awesome tent didn't mind.

On Saturday we headed on over to Bicknell. It was good to see everyone and spend time with our relatives that we see once a year. It just wasn't a good day for me. I was incredibly emotional. So my dad offered to take us fishing in the afternoon, so we left. So that was it. I was pretty bummed. Something I look forward to every year and it's over before I even started to enjoy it. I was especially sad since Dustyn and I missed out on it last year. We were in Pennsylvania. I guess there is always next year. But here are some pictures of our Saturday! I took over 700 pictures. I know.

Here is my mom . . .
And my dad . . .
My Grandpa . . . My Great Aunt making flower arrangements to take around to the Cemeteries. Our traditional auction. We use the money to buy plates, napkins, cups, etc for the upcoming year. Smart, huh? :)Playing outside on the slide! Weee . . .

Isn't she too cute? I love her!

This is my cute cousin Alicia and her daughter. Love them!

Chet. He's graduated, you know. And single too!

Dustyn - He's awesome. Of course he is!

On to fishing. After we left the reunion, we drove back to Fishlake and went fishing. We have been trying to catch a Mack. So with our polls out and ready for anything, we trolled and trolled. It was fun! But cold. It would be warm for a moment or two, then it would be snowing. Then the wind would blow, then it would snow. But I still enjoyed ever moment! Of couse, we didn't catch anything. So we went back to the Trailer/Tent and had dinner, and off to bed. Of course, it snowed/rained all night.

See the snow? :) The the serious Mack catching fishing pole?

On Sunday, Dustyn and I attended church at the Lodge. I love attending Church at the Lodge. If Dustyn didn't have meetings every week, I think we would spend a lot more time there. I mean we go camping nearly every weekend anyways - it would just make it easier than driving home late Saturday night. But the meeting was really good! There were a lot of things that the two speakers were talking about that I could really relate to! I really enjoyed it. But the funny thing that you don't see too often - during the sacrament service there was a bat flying around and swooping down low. I was amazed at how quiet the congregation remained, besides a few giggles here and there. Gotta love the Fishlake Branch!

Sunday we just spent time relaxing and taking a nap, of course. It was a nice relaxing day.

On Monday I was hoping we'd get to go fishing again, but the wind was blowing and it was still snowing off and on. So we packed up and headed home.

My brother. Yep girls, he's single!
My sister JaKell and her husband Brandon.

It was a fun weekend. I had a lot more stories to tell, but I have lost them all. My memory doesn't retain well. :P Oh well. If blogger would let me upload pictures, it would be a lot easier. lol This post has taken me like two hours! :P So I think I am done for now!! Ha ha!
Home sweet home! I love this valley!