Family Day Weekend FUN!

Photos from our Family Day long weekend...

Early morning drive up north to Foot's Bay, Lake Joseph.

One advantage to leaving early in the morning is seeing the beautiful sun rise!

Packing our gear (fishing rods, tent, minnows, picnic, thermos, folding chairs) for the long walk across the ice

 Walking on water, frozen water, that is!  Here you can see Nuno, the girls, and some other Bass members who also came along, looking to find the perfect fishing spot.

Time for hot chocolate!

The girls making snow angels.

My snow angel figure! 

The first catch of the day is Nuno's!  He caught a nice lake trout.

Anita was next.  She caught another lake trout! 

And last, but not least, was Annabel!  Daddy helped her catch this smaller

lake trout.  She was so happy she caught a fish too!

It was a great day on the ice!  Sun, fun, family and fish!

This is a photo of an inukshuk (a stone landmark built by the Inuit or other people of the Arctic region of North America).  We saw many of these inukshuks on our drive to and from Lake Joseph, as the area consists of several Native Indian reserves.

This morning, I made a pancake breakfast, complete with crispy bacon and freshly-squeezed orange juice, with Nuno's help.  I thought it would be nice to celebrate today in lieu of tomorrow's Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras).  Tomorrow is a work/school day, so it made sense to have our pancakes on family day instead!  I refrigerated the leftover batter for the girls, so they can have pancakes again in the morning! 

Happy Mardi-Gras everyone!   I hope you all enjoy some pancakes on Fat Tuesday!  If you're too busy in the morning, you can have them for dinner instead!  It'll be fun - breakfast for dinner!