Annual Lake Roosevelt Fishing Tournament

Every year, we head up to "the lake" for Lake Roosevelt's fishing tournament. This is usually a doubly wonderful event. It is a perfect weekend to go to the cabin because almost all of my relatives are usually there....avid fishermen and women that they are and it also always falls right around my mom's birthday and going to the cabin is what she wants to do every year. This year, was even better though. My family decided to tie the fishing tournament into a family reunion! So this year ALL my relatives were there!! We all stayed for a long weekend and fished, kayaked, waterskiied, you name it, we did it! What a GREAT week that was! My family owns four different cabins on the same lake. Three are right in a row and the fourth is just a couple over. It makes for some great visiting! Have I mentioned that I love my family? ;) That seems to be the theme of the year here.

Some of our fisherman

My Aunt D and Cousin M, cleaning the fish....my Aunt D makes the best shore lunch every year!

Out on the pontoon

Aunt D, waiting for the big one!

Someone kept eating the fishies' corn! Heehee

He did pretty well this year!

Every year we hang by the fire at night. It's fun, as the cousins grow to see them join the "adult group" at night. This year my Aunt S kept on saying that she can't wait to see M when she is old enough to join.

Granny and her sisters at the awards ceremony

Somebody crashed partway through the ceremony...it's hard work, all that playing and fishing!

Such a sweetie

Hanging with his Grancy....having his favorite treat. Rootbeer!

My cousin D...he usually pulls in at least one award a year.

My boy, getting his "first fish" award!

So excited!

My Aunt S....another yearly winner!

The tournaments winners pose for a pic in the town newspaper. At least half of them were with us!

The five "first fish" winners, posing for their newspaper pictures...4 of the 5 are with us!

M and K, playing on the swingset while we wait for the ceremony to end

My cousins E and S, won pretty pink t-shirts! We made them model because it was so funny. I have never seen either of them wear pink, let alone t-shirts like these. Heehee

Almost the whole gang! S is missing.....he had already left to drive home, as he had to work on Monday and couldn't stay for all the festivities. What a gang!