Lake Temiscaming Cottage 2008

Another great year at the cottage - this year we went for 2 weeks. Excellent time! We love this place more and more every year. Once again the fishing was outstanding. We lost count of the number of fish caught but it was over 75 walleye with some Pike and Perch as well. Hear's some pictures.







This year the hot pattern was trolling near the middle with the current, down 12-35 feet. Wiggle warts (not Mag warts so much), thundercranks on planers and hot & tots on the riggers.

Awesome time. Hopefully we can do 2 weeks again next year.

Rough Evening!

The girls bailed out on David and I so we called up Logan and his Dad from David's hockey team and they were good to go. Was rough out there on the water! Meat was the ticket 90' down in 140-160 FOW. Went something like 4/7.

Here's Brian fighting one with Logan looking on.

Here's Brian posing with another one.

Charleston Lake Camping 2008

Had a great weekend camping with the Heslinga's! Awesome weather and great boating, swimming, hiking and fishing. Here's David with uncle Glen's pike, David mosquito biten ear, Leigh with a nice Bass, Duane with a nice Bass, and David and Leigh with a double header.

David's first Race

David has been training with Leigh for a 5k race. Yesterday (Canada Day) was the big race and he did AWESOME! He ran hard the whole race without stopping and showed an amazing sprint at the end. We're still waiting for the official results to be posted on the internet but his time was somewhere around 25min! I didn't see any other kids finish ahead of him.

Leigh won the 3rd place prize in her category!

2 pictures before the race and one after the race:

June 30. Uncle Dave, David and I

Could have been better, could have been worse. 4/7 but nothing big.

Here's Uncle Dave with a Rainbow.

My little boy looks like a little boy again!

He keeps saying, "it'll grow back..."

Sunday Evening Family Fish

Had a good evening on the water with the family but only got one fish.

Salmon June 20!

I'm almost embarrassed to say that this morning was my first time out for Salmon this season. Had a good time with Rob Kapteyn. We went 3/5 with really only one big guy. Best luck in 160-180 FOW about 70' down using spoons.

Beautiful morning on the water for sure.

AAA Tryouts for the 2008/2009 Season

We've had a busy week with tryouts every day and I'm proud to say that David made the team again this year!!

WTG buddy!!

Love This Picture

Mt. St Louis Moonstone

Skiing with David, Ron and Aaron today was a blast! Awesome weather, awesome conditions and tons of fun!

New Dog in the Family

...uncle Dan and Amanda got a new puppy. Here is Sarah with Marley.

David's Pictures

We got David's team pictures this week. Here's a sampling.
David Heslinga #4 Hamilton Reps AAA

Larry's Visit is Over

Larry Norman died this week of heart failure, he was 61. One of his well known sayings was, "I'm only visiting this planet".
I came into his music when I was a young teenager - he was one of my favorites.

Our Baby is 6!

Here's Julia with the cake Leigh made.

Ice Rink 2008

We've had the rink for about 2 weeks. The forecase looks warm for next week. Hopefully we don't loose it.

New Wheels

It is now in our driveway.

The Van is For Sale

You can check out the ad here.

We should have its replacement in about a week.

----------UPDATE----------
The van sold in less than a day. Got what I wanted.

The Road to Recovery

Leigh and I would like to thank everyone for all their prayers, concern, help, visits, and gifts during David's recent illness and the 7 days he spent in the hospital. He is on the mend and it's great to have our family back togeather. We're targeting next monday's practice to start light skating and a tournament over Christmas for his first game.

Here's a picture of David with his team when they visited him in the hospital.

Leigh's First Half Marathon

Leigh ran her first half marathon today. She did well. The complete results can be found here.

Way to go Leigh!! Thanks to all her sponsors.

Tim Hortons AAA Invitational Tournament

It was a busy Thanksgiving weekend for us. David's team played 6 hockey games and Dan & Amanda (my brother) got married on Saturday. It was a great wedding and a pretty good tournament.

Friday: 5-1 loss to Waterloo
Saturday game 1: 2-1 win vs Richmond Hill
Saturday game 2: 3-1 loss to Syracuse (David missed this game due to the wedding)
Sunday: 2-1 win vs Elgin
Monday Semi-Final: 2-1 win vs Syracuse
Monday Final: 7-2 loss to Waterloo

David had a good tournament. He keeps getting more and more comfortable playing defence. He assisted both goals in the semi final and scored a goal in the final. Waterloo has a very strong team - they're in our league, so we'll get a few more chances to get them.

A Couple of Tournament Pictures

Here's a couple of pictures of David from last weekend's tournament in Peterborough. It was a fun weekend all round.

Last Salmon Trip

Went out with the family for a couple of hours tonight and got a couple of big, black, staging Salmon. Used Lymans near the bottom in 55 FOV. They maybe ready to spawn but man do they pull! And when you think they're done they take off again! Lots of fun. Here's one in the net.

Here's me with a 23 lber.

One trip to Rice Lake and one to Bay of Quinte and the boat will go into storage for the winter.

Gould Lake 2007

David and I went up to Gould Lake and hung out with Ron and his boys for a couple days. We had a blast! Did a ton of stuff - even tried double tubing.

We went fishing every evening and Ron was the super duper Bass Master cool dude! Here he is with a nice 3 lb'er.