Shane & Jodi Rowbotham

Bentley 10 weeks old!!

2011-07-09T17:28:00.000-05:00

Look how big I am getting!!

Bugging my sister like normal......

Yep still attacking Riley...

Riley and Bentley taking a break from wrestling today.

The Girls Fishing!

2011-07-09T17:20:00.000-05:00

Riley chillin on the front of Bass's boat while cat fishing.

Taking a nap on the cooler

Riding back to the landing

1st trip to Mille Lacs

Meeting a walleye

Riley sitting on dad's lap.

We had a really fun time taking the girls to the river and Mille Lacs

Bentley pretty much slept the whole time both days!!

Bentley 9 weeks!

2011-07-09T17:08:00.000-05:00

Bentley 9 weeks old

Taking a nap together!!

Uncle Shawn and Aunt Mel at softball

Uncle Hofius and Aunt Laura came to meet me

Bentley

2011-06-26T14:00:00.000-05:00

Our new addition Bently. She was born April 25th.

Taking a nap and dad had to do a photo shoot

Isn't she cute!!

1st bath

Chewing on Riley's tail.

On the way home from SD.

Riley just loves her.

Riley & Fenwick

2011-06-26T12:41:00.000-05:00

Riley

Fenwick just loves being outside

Oakley

2011-06-26T12:40:00.000-05:00

We had to unexpectedly say goodbye to our baby Oakley.

She will forever be missed and in our hearts.

Oakley

Oakley and Riley in the snow.

Oakley and Riley

We love you and miss you so much Oakley!!

Coon Lake

2010-09-06T12:59:00.002-05:00

Oakley experimenting bass fishing for the first time

The girls waiting for a fish.....

Still waiting....

"Come on dad and catch one.... I have no idea what this bass fishing is all about."

Well it was a VERY relaxing morning but no fish.

Mille Lacs

2010-09-06T12:44:00.002-05:00

25 1/2

Oakley chillin.....

Checking out the BIG lake....

Cuddling....

The second time we went to Mille Lacs it was nice

so Shane took the girls swimming.

At first they jumped right in and starting heading for shore.

We were 7 miles out. Shane thought he better jump in to keep them by the boat.

They really loved it. Oakley kept going in and out.

Cat Fishing!!

2010-09-06T12:28:00.002-05:00

Oakley enjoying the cat fishing.

Love this picture!!

Riley looking for deer...

My cat fishing..Was not fun to hold..

Pretty soon I drop it.

Having the girls jump off the dock.

Riley did it a few times.

Shane caught this retarded sun fish.

We had a lot of fun this summer on the river fishing for cats.

4 Wheeling!!

2010-09-06T12:18:00.002-05:00

In April we went 4 wheeling in WI.

Here is Hofius stuck in the mud......

Hofius getting splashed from a rock that Shane threw......

Shane and Holt laughing after Hofius's bath!!!!!

We laughed about this the rest of the day...

It was a fun weekend and no one got hurt.

Riley & Oakley's Birthday's!!!!!!!

2010-04-15T19:27:00.003-05:00

Riley and Oakley both had birthdays in April.

Oakley is on the left and she turned 1 April 4th.

Riley is on the right and she turned 2 April 8th.

They are getting so big!!!

Love this picture of Riley

On their birthday's they got birthday hats and ice cream.

Oakley

Riley

Fishing Red Wing

2010-03-07T17:54:00.003-06:00

February 20th, 1st trip to Red Wing.

Big fat Catfish

1st ever Paddlefish

Est. 30lbs

Bass just had to hold him

Shovelnose Sturgeon

Freeze your Butt Tourney before take off.

Hofius and I fished it again this year.

Fishing was tough, only weighed in 2.

21.16 lbs won the tourney, big walleye was 8.04 lbs.

Unfortunately neither of those weights were ours.

Riley & Oakley

2010-03-07T11:51:00.004-06:00

Justin took these pictures of the girls when we

stayed out at the farm on Christmas.
Riley

Riley giving Shane some loving.

Riley and Oakley playing tug of war.

Kind of a freaky picture but here is our demon dog Oakley

Blade and Oakley kissing Shane.

Oakley

I thought this was a cute picture of Riley

with the Christmas tree in the background.

The only picture by the tree that all 3 would sit there.

Blade, Riley and Oakley

Scuba Diving

2010-03-07T11:31:00.004-06:00

Shane and I went Scuba diving 4 times while we were there.

This was on the way for our first trip.

Some pretty fish.

Shane having the time of his life.

Here's me wishing I could bring home this shell.

The two of us. We are for sure going to be

certified before we go any where else.

Shane holding a Moon Jelly Fish.

Moon Jelly Fish and some blue fish.

Sting Ray

Justin & Emy's Wedding

2010-03-07T11:19:00.003-06:00

Shane and I with the bride and groom.

They guys thought they would dump Justin over the bridge.
Don't worry there was no water underneath.

The group.

There was a total of ten that went.

Justin and Emy were married January 27th 2010.

Jamaica

2010-03-07T10:39:00.005-06:00

We went to Jamaica in January for Justin and Emy's wedding.

The pictures are in no special order so I am sorry about that.

Shane captured this hummingbird while taking photo's for the wedding.

Shane and I at the wedding.

Our resort from the scuba diving boat.

Another one of the resort.

Cliff diving at Rick's Cafe in Negril.

Bob Marley Shots

One of the views from our room.

The other side of the resort.

Our group watching the Vikings game.

I honestly have to say that was the most fun

we have ever had watching a game.

Shane and I our last night there.

We walked all the way down and around the point.

We also went onto that little island.

We had to snorkel some of it to get there.

It was an awesome time and this is when we found all our shells.

The resort from where we went snorkeling.

Shane cliff diving.

After his landing. He had a lot of fun doing this.

I on the other hand chickened out.

New Pictures of the kids!!!

2009-11-06T12:02:00.002-06:00

Riley is first and then Oakley.

They look so much alike at times.

Not the best picture but you can kind of see her curly hair.

It starts at the back of her neck all the way to her the end of her tail.

It is so cute.

All the kids taking a nap on Sunday.

Riley and Oakley.
Riley is a year and 7 months old and Oakley is 7 months.
They definatly keep us busy but we love it.

Fenwick and his new spot.

He is always in here. The girls will poke him with their noses.

They all get along so good.

Taylor Mae

2009-11-06T11:51:00.003-06:00

Bass and Ali asked us to watch Taylor one night.

She was born September 18th. She was 3 weeks old

the night we got to watch her.

The girls really like her. That is until she started crying.

They were not sure what to think after that.

Lets just say this is how the evening pretty much was.

Shane held her all night long. It was pretty cute to see him with her.

Frog...and the girls!!!!

2009-08-30T16:43:00.003-05:00

Shane found a frog in the front yard

so we put it in the pool for the girls.

They were having so much fun splashing around trying to get it

Oakley finally got it in her mouth and into the grass.

It was pretty cute watching them jump

every time the frog jumped.

I know Riley is cut out, but I thought this was a really cute picture

I finally got a good one of Oakley.

Isn't she cute!!!

Riley didn't really want to get her picture taken.

She looks kind of upset at me but so cute.

Driveway Project Continued.....

2009-08-30T16:30:00.002-05:00

We removed the rock from the front of the house

to use for the driveway expansion.

We are going to be removing all the bushes

and planting grass and new bushes.

Our neighbor made up this contraption to sift out the dirt from the rock.

Shane said it felt like he was searching for gold.

Unfortunately this is all we found.

Here is a final picture of the front part of the new driveway.

Towards the back we will be spreading

out the dirt and putting gravel eventually.

Driveway Expansion Project

2009-08-23T17:07:00.004-05:00

Shane decided that he wanted to widen the driveway.

After all the dirt is moved. It sure was fun shoveling all that dirt.

The boards are up and now all we have to do is

put rock or gravel down for now.

Someday we will cement it all.

Shane imagines parking his future duck boat there.

That is if I ever let him get it.

I just don't understand why one man needs two boats.

New sewer pipe

2009-08-15T08:34:00.003-05:00

We had to get 20 ft of old sewer pipe replaced.

Start of the hole.

The hole with the new pipe in it.

Just waiting for the city inspector come.

Another picture of the hole.

Covering the hole back up.

So our yard looks terrible but we will

never have to call Roto Rooter again.

Shane is going to let it settle for a few weeks.

Then we are going to get a few truck loads of black dirt.

Shane is going to spread it all around with his

new snow plow blade on the 4 Wheeler.

Knowing Shane he will have a good time doing this project.

Pool and other fun stuff!!!!

2009-08-15T08:16:00.002-05:00

Riley and Oakley

This is the most recent picture of the two of them.

As you can see Oakley is getting so big.

Oakley finally sitting still so I can get a cute picture.

I think they have a ball somewhere under
them that they are playing with.

Oakley loves the water.

She even bites at the sprinkler when it is on.

Looking out into the yard.

As you can see Oakley is catching up to Riley very quickly.

Grandma Sheila bought the girls a pool when she was here in June.

Riley didn't want anything to do with the pool and now she loves it.

Playing with the ball splashing around.

Oakley with the garden hose again.

Both of them in the pool.

Thank you grandma we love our pool.

Can't wait to show you next time you visit.

Camping at Lake Thompson!!

2009-07-31T14:28:00.002-05:00

For our week vacation we went camping at Lake Thompson.

The bottle of Patron and two shots all ready to go.

Shane's bad ass fire in the background.

We gave my parents a bottle of Tommy Gun's Tequila

for letting us use the camper.

Thanks again for the great time.

On Monday it rained on and off all day.
He is a double rainbow after the rain was all done.

Fishing was awesome, caught lots of walleyes.

We ate fish every night while camping.

Size wise fishing wasn't' very good.

Jeff Steinmetz caught the big fish of the week 21 in.

Numbers wise was phenomenal.

Thank you to all the friends and family that came out to see us.

It was great spending time with everyone.

Riley & Oakley!!

2009-07-31T14:07:00.004-05:00

Oakley is almost 4 months old.

It has been so much fun having two dogs.

Riley sure loves having a little sister,

but it is so tiring playing all the time.

Oakley decided to take a nap on the
end table one afternoon.

Grandma Sheila picked this bone up for the girls.

It was pretty cute watching them both chew on it.

Kind of a comparison on the size difference.

It won't be long till Oakley is bigger.

She already weighs 36 lbs.

Playing around in the backyard.

Eating some lunch together today.

1st Trip to Mille Lacs

2009-06-28T12:35:00.003-05:00

I finally got Harvey out fishing.

After almost 9 years of working for him.

After a little lesson on working the rod and what a bite will feel like,

not even after 2 min of his line hitting the bottom.

He looks at me and says, "Now what do I do."

His first Mille Lacs walleye was 21 1/2in tagged walleye.

5 min after Harvey caught his fish,

I caught a 22 incher.

Double

Big fish of the day.

23 inch walleye.

Harvey's big catch of the day.

We ended the day with 22 total.

17 walleyes and 5 perch.

Brought home 6 walleyes and the perch.

Memorial Weekend Bass Fishing Opener

2009-06-28T12:25:00.002-05:00

Holt and I won the Bass fishing tourney on Saturday morning.
We ended up with 6 fish weighing 12lbs 12oz,
we also had the big bass of the tourney 2lbs 9oz.

Hofius paying up the money.

Bass paying up.

The champions.

This year was a great time, lots of beers and laughs.

Until next year......

The Girls!!!

2009-06-28T11:57:00.004-05:00

Riley and Oakley napping in moms chair.

Riley is 15 months old and is the best big sister.
She loves to play with Oakley.

Oakley is 12 weeks old.

It has been so much fun to have

two dogs playing around the house.

This picture looks so much like Riley did as a puppy.

Not the best picture but here is a size difference.

It is really hard to get them to sit still by each other.

Oakley loves to nap on her back.

Helping dad fill up the dog food.

Eating out of the bag.

Okay, my turn.

New Pictures

2009-06-07T20:17:00.003-05:00

Oakley is 9 weeks old and has been really fun.

The potty training isn't going the greatest but she has her name

down so we will get there. Shane is going to start training this week.

Riley and Oakley chewing on a some chewies.

Napping in the pillows on the couch.

Oakley loves to sleep on her back and get her belly rubbed.

This is pretty much what the girls do all the time.

They love to wrestle around.

It is so much fun to watch.

More wrestling around.

Shawn, Mel and Oakley at softball.

Oakley and dad hanging out on the deck.

She is getting so big!!!!

Taking a nap on mom.

We took the girls swimming and Oakley is a swimmer.

At first she really didn't want to go in. The water was so cold.

Swimming in the river.

She was pretty cold after swimming.

The girls napping after swimming.

Shawn, Mel and Kylie came to visit this weekend.

All the kids loved playing around.

Oakley!!!

2009-05-25T16:41:00.003-05:00

Our new addition, Oakley was born April 4, 2009.

Riley and Oakley in grandma's backyard.

On the ride home from SD, all Oakley wanted to do was lay by Riley.

This picture of Oakley looks just like Riley as a puppy.

They are sisters, they have the same father.

After the long day and drive back home both the girls were pretty tired.

Today napping in our backyard. Riley kept resting her head on Oakley.

This first morning we had her all she wanted to do was lay in Justin's duffel bag.

Shane and Carson giving her the first bath.

All bundled up after bath time.

We are having alot of fun with her and Riley.

Riley is coming around at first she was not so sure about her.

It has been fun watching them get to know each other.

New Car!!!!!!

2009-05-16T14:37:00.002-05:00

Shane and I just got home from purchasing a new car.

2009 Dodge Journey

Silver Steel Metallic

I am pretty excited to be driving a new vehicle.

It didn't even have 200 miles on it when we left the dealership.

Fence

2009-05-16T14:29:00.003-05:00

Our new fenced in yard.

Shane fenced in the yard so now the

puppies can play outside all the time.

New gate on the deck

New stairs off the deck.

Still need the railing but it looks pretty nice.

New Puppy!!!!

2009-05-10T14:36:00.002-05:00

Shane, Riley and I are getting a new puppy on Memorial weekend.

We are fencing in the backyard so Riley and her can run and play all day long.

Riley is pretty excited, we keep telling her she is getting a sister.

They have the same father.

Here is a picture of the mom and all the puppies.

There are 3 females for us to choose from.

Pictures and name will be posted in 2 weeks.

We are all so excited to add another to our family.

Kole & Fenwick

2009-05-10T14:28:00.002-05:00

Kole and Fenwick turned 6 in April.

We have been letting them out of the deck and they love it.

Happy 1st Birthday Riley!!!!!!!

2009-04-08T18:12:00.002-05:00

Our baby girl is a year old today.

We gave her another 24" bone like she got at Christmas.

Thank you grandma and grandpa Pierce for the card.

Love you and I will make sure they take me to the pet store for a toy.

My parents recently sent all my stuff from when I was little

up to the cities.

Riley found this in my stuffed animals and claimed it for her own.

Now we ask her where her Bogey is and she runs to get it.

Riley, Kole and Fenwick taking a nap in our room.

Fishing the Mississippi River has started!!!!!

2009-03-24T19:13:00.004-05:00

Call me crazy, but the boat got wet for the first time this year, February 27th.

The landings are open 365 days a year at Evert's Resort.

We started off the day with a fresh 4-6 inches of snow and 4 degrees above zero!!
It was defiantly the first time I have ever pulled the boat in 4-wheel drive.

Holt and I ended the day with 5 small walleyes,

nothing worth keeping, and it was to damn cold to take pictures.
The day ending up be a whopping 18 degrees out when we loaded up.

But it sure was relaxing to be on open water again.

Hofius and I fished the "Freeze Your Butt Tourney"

on March 7th out of Evert's Resort.

We finished in 15th out of 75 teams,

we weighed our limit of 5 walleyes, 9.20lbs.

Just missing the money by 0.88lbs.

If the sun wouldn't have come out,

I'm positive we would've caught that kicker fish to put us in the money!!!!
Well, there's always next year.

Hofius, Shawn Spicer and I hit the river again March 20th.
In search of the walleye of a life time,
with high winds out of the south blowing straight up river,
I knew it was gonna be tuff.
Never found the big girls we were looking for,
ended up with 3 small walleyes but,
my 1st ever Sturgeon, guessing she taped out at 36+ inches.
It sure was fun, a 10 minute or more battle,
couple trips around the boat and 3 tangled lines, on 8lb test line!!!!!!

Riley's 1st Heat

2009-03-24T19:03:00.002-05:00

Here's our baby in her new under ware.

Doesn't she look cute,

couldn't get a picture of her maxi pad, super absorbent with wings,

sticking out the sides and back!!!!!

I never thought a man could blush in a pet store,

but dad almost had to leave!!!!!
Mom and Dad are loving every minute of this fun!!!!!

Riley's Room

2009-02-18T17:57:00.006-06:00

Ok what can I say, Our little angel is 10 months old.

She has been fun but there are a few things that have been not so fun.

On her 9 month old birthday I think she thought

she was in her room too long.

This is what she did to her door.

Here are a bunch of the pieces that were on the other side of the door.
Shane did an easy fix and put a piece of plywood on the back of her door.

Today this is what Shane came home to.
Riley had been scratching at the carpet for awhile
but it was never bad until today.......

I am not sure what she was thinking with the bag,
it was under the bed and Shane said there were pieces of carpet inside.
Not sure if she thought she would hide them or what.

Overall, we love her and are having fun raising a puppy.

Good thing that was one room that needed new carpet.

Kylie

2009-02-18T17:52:00.004-06:00

Shawn, Mel and Kylie came to visit super bowl weekend.

Here is Kylie in her new coat. She is so cute.

Snow

2009-01-18T16:24:00.002-06:00

Riley loves playing in the snow.

Christmas

2009-01-18T16:17:00.002-06:00

Ok so I know it is a little past christmas but somehow

I lost the pictures on our computer.

Rileys 1st christmas

24in bone that she had in her stocking

New Garage Cabinets

2009-01-04T17:20:00.001-06:00

Before

After

I won some cabinets from work that Shane put up in the garage.
I told him this was going to be the most organized garage in the world.

Riley

2008-11-18T18:33:00.002-06:00

Laying on the couch with dad.

Riley is 6 months old here.
She looks really mad here but it was so cute.

Riley is getting so big she weighs 54.1 lbs.

This is her hot dog that Grandma Sheila got her.

She really likes it when you throw it down the hallway and yell

Hot dog, get your Hot dog.

October Full Moon Part 2

2008-11-18T18:27:00.002-06:00

First fish of the nite right after sun down.

23 in fatty

Another fat 22 in

My buddy Ben Timerson with the biggest of the nite.
24.5 in, that thing that he is wearing on his head,
we ran over on the way up.

Ended up with 8 fish total, kept 3.

October Full Moon On Mille Lacs

2008-11-18T18:23:00.002-06:00

Before the nite got started,

quick pic of me and my fishing buddy.

Biggest fish of the nite, only one worth taking a picture of.

23.5 in.

Riley freezing to death,
she didn't move when I caught a 5 lb northern.

St. Croix River Sturgeon Fishing

2008-11-18T18:13:00.002-06:00

10 min after we got set up,

my buddy Eric Kasa tied into this 40" Sturgeon.

After a 10 min battle and two trips around the boat.

She finally swam in the net.

I don't know who was more excited, me or him.

Hunting

2008-11-18T18:01:00.002-06:00

One bird, Two Dogs

After the days hunt

Riley retrieving her first duck

Shane's first Minnesota limit of roosters.

Friday Morning Trip to St. Croix

2008-10-12T15:53:00.002-05:00

Shane was there just long enough to catch

two small walleyes.

Then he decided to hook Riley with a jointed Rapala.

Look at her right nostril, it was close to coming out the top.

Luckily, Shane was able to grab her right away and cut the hook.

The vet was able to pull it out the same way it went in.

They had to give her morphine and a little anesthesia

but she was not all the way out.

This was after we got her home and she was still really drugged up.

Same here

This is around midnight when she was kind of getting back to normal.

The next day we bought her an 11" chewie. She loved it and had one end off the first day.

Riley

2008-10-05T11:26:00.004-05:00

This was just taken today so you can see how much she has grown.

Shane weighed her yesterday and she is 48lbs.

Digging for a toy. She really likes to take them all out one by one.

Riley is almost 6 months old. She has just amazed both of us at how smart she is.
She catches on so fast and she is listening so much better now.
Must of just been that she need to get a little older.

Baby Teeth

2008-10-05T11:23:00.002-05:00

Riley has lost all of her baby teeth.

Shane and I were able to find 9 of them.

He did pull a couple when we noticed that they were loose.

Kylie

2008-10-05T11:13:00.007-05:00

Kylie and Shane

Riley & Kylie sharing water

Riley wanted to play with her all night long,

sometimes it was a little scary with the difference in size.

Riley impressed us all with how gentle she was with her.

Kylie really enjoyed Fenwick's cat tent.

Shawn and Melissa came to visit for a weekend

and brought the new addition with.

Riley

2008-09-03T19:20:00.002-05:00

Well what can I say, Riley is 4 1/2 months old in this picture.

She is a really good dog when she wants to be but we couldn't love her more.

She has a ton of energy and she is growing more and more every day.

Mugs

2008-09-03T19:16:00.004-05:00

Our friends Billy and Nicollete got a new puppy and his name is Mugs.

He is 11 weeks old and is a Corgi.

Mugs and Riley were best buds the entire weekend.

Camping at Lake Thompson

2008-09-03T17:39:00.009-05:00

Dad and Riley on the 4 wheeler

She was accompanied by an adult!!!!

Blade and Riley

Shane's poker playing partner

Frank's first time fishing in SD for 18 years.

Moments before he hooked this, he said

"Shane, if you catch me a couple fish today

maybe I will start fishing again."

He thought it was a snag, but it turned out to be

28" 8lbs 1oz, couple quick pictures and she was released.

Grandpa giving his big catch a kiss.

Happy I got to take grandpa and grandma out for the day.

Anj and Morgie came out to visit.

We went camping out at Lake Thompson for a week.

We had a great time and caught lots of fish.

Thanks mom and dad for the use of the camper, next time

please have the fridge stocked full of Miller Lite and Bud Light.

We really enjoyed all the luxury the camper had to offer. Thanks again.

15 Weeks!!

2008-08-03T15:11:00.005-05:00

Only won $5 on my lottery tickets.

Riley really enjoys laying in my chase lounger,
so now I think I need to find a new place in the living room.

On our way back to South Dakota this is how she decided to sleep.

We even broke down her kennel and put one of her beds in it

and she still didn't want to sleep there.

Trying to chase Fenwick down the stairs.

I think she finally figured out Kole does not want to play,

she now just leaves him alone.

Riley & Blade

2008-08-03T15:08:00.002-05:00

Riley stayed with Justin and Emy while Shane and I

were at a wedding and her and Blade played pretty much all day and night.

Thanks Justin, Emy and Blade for taking care of Riley.

We love you guys!!!!

Forgot to add this one!!!!!

2008-07-24T20:14:00.002-05:00

13 weeks old

2008-07-21T18:15:00.008-05:00

Shane took Riley along fishing on the Mississippi River

for the start of Doug's bachelor party.

Helping Uncle Hofius drive the boat.

Waiting for dad to catch a fish.

Giving Uncle Hofius kisses

Digging for a cold one

Hard day of fishing and drinking will make everyone tired.

12 weeks old

2008-07-21T18:11:00.005-05:00

Here is Riley at 12 weeks old she is getting so big.

Hanging out with Dad during a caps game

Shane and Riley driving the boat down the Mississppi River in Anoka.

35W St. Anthony's River Bridge

2008-07-10T20:45:00.009-05:00

10th street bridge, approaching the new 35W bridge.

Two precast sections remaining for the 35W north bound lane.

The golden piece getting raised.

Almost there.....

Getting closer.......

The golden piece setting in place.

Experiencing the bridge falling down last August

and now seeing it getting rebuilt from the river,

was a once in a lifetime experience.

Remaining pieces from the fallen bridge.

Mississippi River Pool 2

2008-07-10T20:27:00.010-05:00

Went fishing on the Mississippi River down by St. Paul.

Steve's first catch of the day is a Sheephead.

1st Catfish of the day, yeah he is that big.

Another sheephead, couldn't keep them off our lines

Best fish of the day, ma catching the only walleye.

Lock and Dam #1, Ford Dam

Driving into the Lock

Lock is full and leaving.

Riley cooling off in the Livewell.

2nd Trip to Mille Lacs

2008-07-10T20:17:00.004-05:00

SoDak redeems himself, first fish of the year from the pond, 26 1/2

Another 26"

Riley checking out the fish

On the ride home Riley decided she wanted to cuddle with grandma.

At about 11 in the morning, Shane caught the biggest catch of the day.

A Mayfly decided to fly into his right ear.

Next thing you know, he was drowning his head into the lake.

He stuck it out for another 3 hours, but cut the day short.

He ended up going to the doctor to flush it out.

1st Trip to Mille Lacs

2008-07-10T20:09:00.009-05:00

Shawn and Mel came to visit for a weekend

and we went fishing to Mille Lacs.

This is Melissa's new personal best of 26"er.

Shawn's catch of the day

Captain SoDak's only catch of the day. He got skunked!!!! Ha Ha

Melissa and Riley

Shawn and Riley

Melissa passes out and Riley still going strong.

In all it was a fun day on the pond other than the wind.

10 weeks old!!!!

2008-06-22T19:04:00.008-05:00

It is so hard to believe that she is already 10 weeks old

We fill like she has gotten so big already.
It seems like she has gotten really long.

She is still a little bit of a momma's girl,

but mostly we call her a daddy's girl.

Hey Dad, what did you do with that beer for my koozie!!!!

Riley really likes to walk around

with her chewie in her mouth just like this.

Shane showed her that she can now

get up to where Fenwick always sits.

Eating ice cream with dad.

Fishing on the River!!

2008-06-22T18:31:00.007-05:00

Shane took Riley fishing on the river with Bass and Hofius.

First she got to meet Quattro and Shane the Great Dane.

She really enjoyed getting up and

looking over the edge of the boat.

Riley and Quattro looking out at the river.

Riley decided Shane's tackle box

looked like a good place to take a nap.

I think Quattro really wanted her

to get up and play some more.

Softball

2008-06-22T18:28:00.004-05:00

We took Riley to Monday night softball to meet

her Uncle Shawn and Aunt Melissa.

The first time she pretty much slept the whole time.

When we took her a few weeks later she was more playful.

New Pictures

2008-06-08T18:34:00.007-05:00

Laying in the backyard

Sunday she figured out the arm of the couch and
thought she should lay on it like the cats.

Sunday nap

Riley and Fenwick

The other day Shane introduced her to the garden hose

and today she drank out of it and thought is was pretty fun to chase it around.

Riley and Mom

1st time in the boat

2008-06-08T18:23:00.006-05:00

Checking out the leeches.

Shane caught this sunfish for the first fish of the day.
Mine was bigger but Riley thought this one was pretty cool.

Most of the time out on her first boat ride she pretty much just slept.

Shane and Riley bass fishing on saturday.

It was so cute to see her sit like this and watch him.

She discovered this little cubby hole in the boat

and climbed right in for another nap.

Leeches

2008-06-08T18:16:00.003-05:00

This is my first fish of the year

This year Shane told me that he would no longer bait my hook
because I was catching more fish than him.
So I had to learn to put my own leach on and I still caught more fish than him.
We took Riley fishing on Saturday and we ended up with 2 sunfish, 5 northerns and 1 bass.

Swimming

2008-06-08T18:14:00.002-05:00

2nd time swimming

1st time swimming Riley had no problem with it.
It was so cool seeing her swim her first time in the water.

Just some cute pictures

2008-06-01T18:26:00.007-05:00

Taking a nap on the couch.

We just started giving her bones to chew on
and she seems to love them.

Playing fetch with the Pheasant.

Dad thought it would be cute to lay all her training birds next to her during her nap.

When she is sleeping she really doesn't seem to mind what you do to her.

We have had her for a week now and she has been really good.

She pretty much knows her name even though she chooses not to listen to us.

We were doing really good on the potty training but we think she has relapsed.

These last few days she has been really naught about not telling us she needs to go.

I am sure we will get the hang of it soon.

Playing fetch with the Goose

2008-06-01T18:22:00.003-05:00

The other day Bryan came home with some toys for Riley.

He ended up getting her the stuffed Duck and Goose.

She already has the Pheasant so now we are already to start the training.

Remington comes to visit!!!!!

2008-06-01T18:16:00.005-05:00

Riley had a friend come over Friday night and they played all night long.

Remington is a 8 week old weiner dog.

We thought Riley looked little but compared to Remi she is so big already.

Riley

2008-05-27T19:16:00.007-05:00

Here is the new addition to our family.

Riley was born on April 8, 2008

This is her new pet bed and right now it is a little bit too big for her

but I am sure she will grow into it in no time.

Dad giving her a kiss right before her first bath.

She was not a big fan of the bath tub.

Shane and I picked her up on Sunday in South Dakota.

Riley almost has her name down so we think she will be a smart dog.

We love her so much and she is a perfect fit for our family.

The cats are still not quite sure what to think of her but they will figure it out.

Happy 5th Birthday Fenwick!!!!!

2008-04-28T17:35:00.001-05:00

Happy 5th Birthday Kole!!!

2008-04-23T17:33:00.001-05:00

BIG RIVER WALLEYES PART 2!!!!!!!!

2008-04-16T18:11:00.007-05:00

Shane with his new personal best, 29" 9lb 0oz

Unfortuantely, she had already spawned out,

she would've weighed about 11-12lbs

My buddy Shawn with his new personal best,

a fat 26"er, weighing 7lbs

Another fatty for me,

a 26"er, weighing 7lbs

Shawn's buddy Mike with his 25", 6lber

All and all, it was my best day of fishing on the Mississippi River.

We only caught 9 walleyes in 10 hours of fishing but,

we had 1-20", 2-22", 2-24", 1-25", 2-26", and 1-29"

Thanks for sharing the boat with me Shawn and Mike,

Next time, I'll let Mike net my big fish!!!!!

BIG RIVER WALLEYES!!!!!!!

2008-04-06T17:52:00.005-05:00

Friday's keepers.

What a great weekend of fishing on the Mississippi River in Red Wing.

Holt caught this 27.5" 8lb 11oz walleye.

He thought it was a snag.

Great Job Buddy!!

What a perfect way to end the day.
Friday, we caught 33, brought 5 keepers home.
Saturday, we caught 20 walleyes.

Good guiding service done by Shane.

Happy Birthday Shel!!!

2008-03-30T14:59:00.002-05:00

Happy Birthday!!

I know I am a day late but it is the thought that counts.

Just for you Shel I will try to update more. Love ya

St. Patty's Day Party!!!!!

2008-03-30T14:50:00.007-05:00

Anj learning how to do a Drambui shot.

They don't taste very good.

3rd Annual St. Patty's Day party at Bass and Ali's.

This year Anj came to visit and we took her to the party.

It was a very late night and a lot of Tippy Cups.

Red Wing

2008-03-30T14:44:00.005-05:00

10 lb Cat Fish

21in Walleye
1st fish of the year
biggest of the day

Bryan's 1st fish of the year

Shane and Bryan went fishing at Red Wing on March 1st.
I think they are kind of crazy considering the snow in the background.

Grandpa's Fish

2007-12-30T08:23:00.001-06:00

In July Justin, Clayton and Shane took Grandpa fishing

on Lake Sinai. Grandpa caught this 24 in, 5 pound walleye.

Fenwick

2007-12-30T08:17:00.000-06:00

This year Fenwick decided he wanted to see

what the inside of the Christmas tree was like.

This is him about half way up the tree.

Happy 13th Birthday Jazz!!

2007-12-30T08:12:00.000-06:00

Coyote

2007-11-11T09:13:00.000-06:00

Shane shot this coyote last weekend,

as of right now I think we are going to

mount it into an enclosed glass coffee table.

Mille Lacs

2007-11-11T09:08:00.000-06:00

Shane and I went nite fishing for my birthday on Mille Lacs,

he caught two fish and I froze to death.

I don't think I am cut out for fishing in October.

Congratulations Bass and Ali!!!!

2007-11-11T09:01:00.001-06:00

Bass and Ali were married on October 13,2007

at the Minnesota Horse and Hunt club.

Ali was a beautiful bride.

Quattro was the flower girl

Shane the Great Dane was the ring bearer.

Fenwick and Kole doing what they do best

2007-09-09T16:08:00.000-05:00

Dear Mom,

2007-09-09T15:48:00.000-05:00

Just wanted to let you know that Shane and Jodi are taking good care of me.

I got to eat tator tot hotdish and spagetti one night.
I do have to say that I don't think I have been getting
the normal days worth of home cooked meals that I get when I am with you.
But my dog food is keeping me full.

Fenwick sure does seem to like me, everytime I turn around he is there by me.
Still not sure about Kole, he can't decide if he likes me or not.

Don't worry mom, Shane and Jodi are always

there to give me loving or take me somewhere.

I miss you and love you very much.

See you soon. Tell dad hi for me.

Love, Jazz

Jodi Wins!!!!!!!!!

2007-09-09T15:44:00.000-05:00

I finally beat Shane 7-3 in caps, then I went on to punish him 9-4.

This is most likely a once in a lifetime win, but it sure was fun.

Spa Day!!

2007-09-09T15:38:00.000-05:00

Jazz went to the Paradise Paw Spa to get her nails, ears and hair done.

After she always gets a cute bandana.

New TV

2007-09-09T15:36:00.000-05:00

Shane and I bought a new flat screen TV.

We keep asking ourselves what we ever did without it.

Mille Lacs

2007-09-09T15:20:00.000-05:00

1st fish of the day 25" walleye

Rule was whoever caught the first fish didn't have
to take a shot or finish their beer.

Melissa caught a 26 3/4" walleye

And gave it a big wet kiss

After this little guy the girls are out fishing the guys!!!

Shawn caught a 22" walleye

Shane beats Hofius 10-0!!!!!!!

2007-09-09T15:18:00.000-05:00

Year End Softball Party!!!!!!

2007-08-23T17:28:00.000-05:00

Team Miller Lite
Team Viagra

Shane, Shawn, Melissa and Hofius

A few friendly games of Tippy Cups.

Team Miller Lite was beating Team Viagra most of the night.

Jazz even joined in on the party

Melissa & Jodi

Gary, Bob, Shane, Mike and Paul

We had a year end softball party at our house last weekend

lets just say is was alot of drinking and a really good time.

Melissa and Shane playing caps.

Bass & Billy's Bachelor Party

2007-08-23T17:19:00.000-05:00

Bass & Billy had a bachelor party the other weekend.

Bass is getting married October 13th and Billy is getting married on October 28th
Not really sure the whole story just know that Bass got sunscreen squirted on him.

More Vacation Pictures

2007-08-23T17:12:00.000-05:00

Mom drinking in Canada and the US

Dad and Steve

Here is Shelly suck on an island.

Houseboat Vacation

2007-07-18T18:59:00.000-05:00

We went on a houseboat vacation with the family to Voyageurs National Park.

It was so much fun and the scenery was amazing.

Captain SoDak after finding a place to beach the houseboat for the night.

Jazz after a nice sand massage.

We had live Lobsters delivered to our boat.

They were so good.

Beautiful Sunset

Shane and Jazz bass fishing

Saturday trip to Mille Lacs

2007-06-24T19:07:00.000-05:00

First fish of the day

Biggest Fish so far out of the new boat 27" caught by Jodi.

Oh and by the way Jodi outfished Shane this weekend.

1st, biggest and most.

One of the 3 fish Shane caught on Saturday

But here is his biggest 26"

Get The Fish!!!!!

2007-06-24T19:04:00.000-05:00