A Great Weekend With Some Swell People!

Soo..this past weekend Kevin, Melissa, Austin, Avery and Anna Claire Place drove all the way over from Osman, Illinois to our home in Delaware, Ohio. The girls went out Friday night to some stupid movie about vampires and werewolves and KP and I hung out with the kiddos. Saturday started with a quick breakfast because Avery wanted to show me some of her fishing skillz. So Avery, AC, KP and I went out to the Gossing Pond to try our luck. Unfortunately, the fish were not cooperating and KP got the only bluegill that showed any interest. I'm pretty sure he foul-hooked it. He was also able to do something I've never seen before. Let me remind you that I've taken LOTS of children, including some handicapped kids, out to the pond to teach them to fish and learn about conservation. They sometimes beat the water to a lather with all the casting and "practice casts" it amazes me that we actually catch a lot of fish there. But KP showed them all up. Somehow,he managed to hang his line up in the very top of the willow tree that sits right on the water. Now, to be fair, I have caught a lower limb before trying to flip a Jitterbug under the branches to the waiting bass there. And I've taken the lines of many over zealous casts out of the lower branches as well. But KP gets the props for catching the top of the only tree right on the water.
After our little fishing expedition, we gathered up our party goods and headed down to Woodland for the OSU vs Michigan game party. Obviously our family didn't really care about the game, but the Places got to meet some of our good friends and hang out at one of our favorite places to relax and enjoy life. Later that evening, we took them to the Columbus Zoo to see the awesome display of Christmas Season lights they call "WildLights". The Zoo had more than 3,000,000 lights on display with other decorations and some of the animals were even enjoying all the hustle and bustle of the zoo goers. I think the kids really enjoyed the displays but it was pretty crowded and they were getting hungry, After a quick dinner at "Noodles" we went home for some hot chocolate and a Christmas movie. Yes, we watched a Christmas movie before Thanksgiving, twice!
We sent the Places off Sunday morning with a breakfast of scrambled eggs, applewood smoked bacon, and my homemade pancakes with wild blueberries from Canada in them. It was quite good. We thouroughly enjoyed their visit and wished more of the family would take the opportunity to come see us sometimes. We love seeing everyone and the drive is the same distance whether we make it...or they do.
WE look forward to seeing everyone at Christmas and we hope that all our friends and family have a happy and safe Thanksgiving, especially if you're traveling. We all have so much to be thankful for and as for me, well, I'm thankful for all of you! That's the view from my stand!