Wednesday Night Fellowship

Last night was Wednesday Night Fellowship at Makita's. It was a fairly nice evening. Everyone showed except Mac, who's in Montana visiting his mom.

As you can see here, Jen is ready to pop. Our little baby Fellowship member is going to be joining us soon.

Stella was the official fire starter. Nice job girlfriend!

Makita's "environment" looks a lot better now with the rocks in place and the dirt/grass/mess gone.

Kiehra's Softball Playoff Game

Monday night I went to Kiehra's playoff softball game. Her team didn't win but this was the first of a double elimination. The second game will be next week when I'm in the BWCA. Good luck Kiehra!

Here she is playing third base.

Here she is playing catcher.

Jerry's New Camper "Martin"

My friend Jerry Katz from Opelika Alabama just bought himself a brand new Jayco camper. Here's a photo of him when he went and picked it up this past Friday. See more about Jerry's camper adventures at camperjerry.wordpress.com.

I took the liberty of naming the camper Martin, since I also take all the credit for getting Jerry in to camping. Although his limits where met when we camped in tents in the infield of Talledega. I recall him saying he would never sleep in a tent again, hence Martin came to be. Congratulations Jerry!

Took Kaylie Camping

I took Kaylie camping this past weekend. We had a lot of fun. Went on a hike by the Mississippi.


Had a picnic.

Made hamburgers. Kaylie helped out with the cooking.

Roasted marshmellows and made smores.


Went Geocaching.

Picked some wild raspberries.

And went swimming.

It was a very busy weekend.

Big Boys Do Cry

Last night Mike and I fished a small local bass tournament on Cedar lake in Aitkin. I had never participated in one of these tournaments. I don't know the guy that runs it and I don't know the guys that fish it, with the exception of Mike's cousin Cory and his friend Cory (yes two Cory's).

There were a total of 14 boats. Two of the teams, besides us, had gals fishing. I think they were spouses...not mom's.

Mike and I had a spot all picked out and at blast off we hauled ass to get there. We were so excited in fact to get on that spot that we cut off another contestant and probably damn near swamped them. Definitely a strike against us.

That spot ended up paying off. We had our 8 fish in two hours, with an hour to spare. We never moved from that spot all night.

Then came weigh in. I figured if we had a full bag, so did everyone else. That was not the case. Only two other boats had 8 fish. One of them was Cory & Cory. When all was said and done, Cory and Cory won the tourney with 14 lbs 10 ounces. We took second place with 13 lbs 11 ounces. We were pretty pumped. We won $50 bucks. What the heck. It was just for fun anyway.

Then the crying began. As we're getting ready to leave, Norman (I guess that's the guy that runs the tourney) approached us. He says "Who's Kim"? Strange, I was the only gal standing there. I respond, all excited like a puppy, "Me"! And then Norman (the bawl baby he is) says that I'm not welcome to fish with them anymore because I'm in a Bass Club. Evidently some guy from this sandlot told on me. Tattled like a little girl. Thought he knew me and knew I was in the Brainerd Bassmasters. They were trying to get me kicked out. Cause I'm a pro (HAHA freak'n HA).

Well Norman I haven't been in the club for two or three years now. Can't take being beat by a girl? Take your ball home then. And thanks for the fifty bucks.

There's Puppies!

If you venture down to Borden Creek Kennels in Danvers you'll find that Lady had 10 pups a few weeks ago. They just opened their eyes.

Me, Lorrie and Bob

My only sister, Lorrie, from Casper Wyoming, my only brother, Bob, home from Afghanistan and myself were together this past weekend for the first time in six years.

Benson Ranch Rodeo

My brother, Bob, participated this past Saturday in the Benson Ranch Rodeo. He's temporarily home from Afghanistan. Here he is with his buddy Tim.

He actually roped that calf!

Oh boy.... I'm pretty scared of horses so this was awkward.

Farewell To Sadie

Makita's beagle Sadie was diagnosed with Lymphoma in May. It was a very fast progressing cancer.

Today she took her last car ride. We're going to miss her terribly. We sure did like that old smelly neurotic dog.

Here's Sadie doing what she did best: take a nap.

Sadie in Maggie's kennel up on the dog box. She actually thought she was Snoopy.

Sometimes Sadie would encourage others to join her in a little nap.

Sadie loved Grandma Dvorak. Granny always has some treats for Sadie.

Sadie dresses up for Halloween in her super hot biker costume.

Reindeer Sadie was always a crowd pleaser.

Trip to Vonasek Island

Last week we went up to Canada and stayed with Vonasek's on their Lake of the Woods island. Ellen and Ralph Vonasek are about the most gracious hosts you could imagine. We fished plenty. Ralph made sure we caught fish. Ellen never stopped cooking. We'd have a full blown meal every other hour it seemed. It was very relaxing. The weather was fairly good. There was quite a bit of wind. But we got out fishing each day. Check out the slide show on the left side of this blog.


Pictured here is the whole group from back left to right: myself, Makita, Bill and Shirley Bruers, Dick Valentine, Ellen and Ralph Vonasek.

Lake of the Woods Walleyes

Just got back from Canada fishing Lake of the Woods. We got some really good fish! Lots of fun. This is a 26 incher. Probably about 7 plus pounds.

Here's me with a nice 22 incher.

Dick Valentine reels in this 24 incher.

Ralph Vonasek brought this 26 incher to the boat.

Makita was rewarded with this 19 inch walleye.

Bill Bruers landed a nice walleye right away.

Mike Get's His First Tattoo

Mike went under the needles last night to get his first tattoo. Artist Clint Lasher adds the most famous of pin up girls, Bettie Page, to Mikes leg. Bettie needs a little more work yet but that will come in a couple weeks from now.

4th of July Celebration

On the 4th Eddie was all set up as headquarters. He flew his flag with pride.

The parade was good. The kids seemed to enjoy it. They got a lot of candy.

Tonya (pictured here in the red top) was celebrating her 29th with a few Margarita's that Makita made.
And of course there was birthday cake.
Lindsey was dressed up for the occasion.
So were Kaleb, Kaylee and Kiehra.


The new camera works a lot better!