Well summer has officially started and we had an amazing weekend to kick it off. We spent the weekend at Sunset Resort on Ash River Trail up in Orr, MN. Marissa's in-laws are seasonal campers up there and when I mentioned to my sister that we were thinking of trying to find a cabin to rent for the long holiday weekend she immediately made a call. Her Father-in-Law talked to the owners and got us a great deal. They only had one cabin left, it was a very outdated cabin (next on their list for a remodel) and they don't rent it out very often just for that fact. I didn't care if it was outdated, we just needed a roof over our heads and indoor plumbing so we said we would take it! Friday after work we loaded up the truck and the boat with clothes, food, life jackets, fishing poles, camping chairs, blankets, pillows and everything else you can think of (yah, I over packed)! The three boys jumped in the backseat of the truck (Clint's Nephew Austin came with us) and off we went. In just 6 short hours later we arrived at the cabin, unpacked a little, got a few poles ready for fishing and it was off to dreamland for all of us. The next couple days included early morning fishing trips for the boys (sleeping in for Mason and me), lots of changes of clothes because of the constant drizzle, camp fires, afternoons out on the water trying to reel in the big one, plenty of fishing from the dock whenever we were on land and lots of amazing memories being made!
My boys have been fishing before but never seemed to last very long. That all seemed to change with this trip. Colton quickly decided he no longer needs a bobber to fish, he is too cool for all that. Mason mastered his casting skills. And they both managed to spend hours out on the boy with dying although it did a lot of snacks in order to make that happen. I had an amazing time watching my boys develop their fishing skills and I enjoyed casting a line myself! The fishing started out slow but we finally found "our honey hole" and we caught everything from Small Mouth Bass to Perch to Northerns!
Another thing that was a surprise to me this weekend was the lack of cell service. And by lack of I mean I had absolutely NONE! No Phone, No Internet, No Television for a whole 3 days and it was amazing. This really caused me to disconnect and just enjoy my time with the ones I love. Of course I still had my camera and I was able to take plenty of pictures.
This next picture is one that makes me smile every time I look at it. I feel so blessed to have met a man who treats me like I am his world, a man who wants to spend time with me and plan family vacations with me, a man who is always down for a fun adventure and most of all a man who loves my boys. He was so incredibly patient with the boys when fishing, many times not being able to fish himself cause he was adding bait to a hook, untangling a line or changing lures. And then this next picture happened and it just made me sit back and smile. We were cruising at "no wake" speed down the river for our next fishing adventure and Mason crawled up by Clint and they just chatted and hung out like lifelong buddies. Mason has quite the bond with Clint and I think the feeling just might be mutual! And Colton has also shown that he trusts Clint and enjoys being around him. I am one lucky girl, feeling blessed.
