Bday Posts

I've been having a great bday weekend so far. Getting lots of great pics to post along with some wonderful stories. I hope I have a little down time tomorrow evening to blog with you.

By the way..age is definitely in how you feel. I am 41 today. While thankful for the wisdom of my age & experiences; I don't feel a day over 30. Some say it's my young hubby, I say it's my youthful spirit keeping me young.

Thursday evening we went to Mellow Mushroom for dinner. They have a new soup and pie on the menu; all mushroom. It was very good. Then the kid and I sat down and watched the new Muppets movie. It was really cute. We both love the Muppets so it was a great way to spend some Mom & Son time.

Friday I actually got the hubby to go shopping with me. It may have helped that we also shopped for new fishing gear in anticipation of our Saturday morning fishing trip.

Friday was my actual bday. We had so much fun just hanging out with family. The in laws weren't able to find a hotel due to it being "season" here in Florida so they stayed over night with us. We have a very small house so we usually don't have stay over guests. We had a lot of fun and it made it easy to get up and moving so early Saturday for our fishing trip.

Saturday morning we got out a bit later than planned. It's hard to get 5 people around with only 1 bathroom. The sun was coming up just as we got on the water and were headed out. It was a beautiful morning. A little overcast and cool, dry air.

My Mother In Law took the honors of catching the first fish, and the  next, and the next. In fact, she caught the most fish of the day. It was very comical at times. The guys wouldn't be having any luck. They would hand their pole to her and almost immediately she would catch something.

We caught some interesting fish. Since we catch and release, the pics aren't the best but here are some of our finds of the day.

First catch of the day

Father and Son (Probably wondering how she does it) LOL!

Fish blends with his shirt but this was a beautiful sailfish.

Over by our island. Seems we almost always hook a stingray.

They are no fun to release.

We also caught a bonnethead. The pics didn't come out too well, he was a wiggly guy.

We saw a huge sea turtle but no pics. We actually thought it was a tree trunk until we saw it move.

We saw a school of dolphins in the morning. It never gets old.

The entire day was filled with fun and adventure.

Sunday we just took the day off, literally. No phones, social media, we just sat around the house and relaxed. The hubby and son got new games and I caught up on my girlie shows.

It was a much needed and much enjoyed mini-bday vaca!