12

12 is my favorite number.  12 was my favorite age when I was a kid.  Had my first boyfriend when I was 12.  Today my baby turned 12!  Where have the years gone? 

Mr M took the day off and took the girls to the rifle range for some target practice, then they had lunch down by the lake, and this afternoon are going swimming.

I am stuck at work manning the ship while the captian is away.  Oh well, it is good they can spend a day of fun and sun with their daddy.

We went camping out at the lake this weekend.  Took the tent, the campstove, a cooler of food, the dog, and the boat and just boated along until we found a perfect spot to set up and enjoyed the cloudy starless night with no sound other than the dog snoring by our feet.

Rose early on Sunday to watch the sun rise over the water and fished.  Ate eggs and sausage in our lawn chairs, took the girls tubing for a couple of hours, fished some more, loaded everything back up into the boat and were home before 6:00.

This weekend is our 6th annual women’s walleye tourney.  It’s hard to believe we have been doing this since DJ was 6 and for 2 years before that fished another tourney.  And in all those years, I think I have caught 2 fish, hmmm, something wrong with that picture.  But!, Mr M and I have a plan this year.   I will let ya know how that goes.

School starts in a couple of weeks.  Girls are excited to get back into the routine.  Made me go buy their school supplies a couple of weeks ago and already have their backpacks packed.  Volleyball starts next Monday for JD, then DJ will begin soccer right after school starts.  The days will begin to get shorter.  The evenings are already beginning to get cooler.  Which is a much appreciated break as it has been such a hot, dry summer here and most places this summer.