Memorial Day Weekend

It was a pretty eventful Memorial Day weekend for the Spielers. We went up to Sholom Shores (Eric's parents' cabin) on Friday. We were excited about the new toy that you see in the photo above. The kids had a blast tubing behind the boat on Saturday (which was such a gorgeous day!) and they even found a way to enjoy it on land. Brooke would bounce off of it and do somersaults and before we knew it Riley was doing it too.

On Sunday, the weather wasn't quite as nice but the fishing was excellent. Eric found a hot spot of crappies and fished for hours. We had good eats that night! Well, Eric just couldn't get enough of the fishing and headed out to the dock again about 8:00 at night but quickly returned to the cabin as a black bear had crossed his path. The bear walked right by the fire pit, wandered around for a few minutes and then crossed the highway. It wasn't a very big bear but definitely something we've never seen up there before. Sorry, no photos of the bear!

Before we left today we got in a pontoon ride. It was a great way to kick-off the summer!

A crop of crappies!

Eric the fisherman

Pontoon boat ride!

Riley loves to fish too. He will spend hours in the shallow waters, picking up shells and clams and minnows.

What's Up?

I realized I hadn't blogged anything in quite a while. I guess because there has been no major events going on with the Spielers, just busy with lots of lil' stuff.
Eric was in Japan at the beginning of April. His Japanese customers sent lots of goodies for the kids. We are still eating the candy/snacks and Riley got a cool sword that you can see in the photo. It lasted about 4 days before breaking. :)
We went to Saint Mike's April Fest a couple weekends ago. It was a fun carnival and Brooke got her face painted there (photo below) We won 4 goldfish while we were there. Riley won three which he named Rex, Spike and Laila. Brooke named hers Fishy. Spike only made it a week and we had goldfish funeral last Sunday night.
I've been busy volunteering with different things at the kids' school, a garage sale and a book fair along with my parent board meetings. Brooke and Riley just started soccer. They practice on Thursday nights and the games are on Saturday. The first game is coming up on Saturday. Eric did the Get In Gear race and is busy with work and exercise.
We bought a trampoline and can't wait to get it up and going. We had to wait until we got stakes and I am glad we did with how windy it has been lately.
So that's about it from the Spielers!