Jason's annual fishing trip

This past weekend Jason had his annual boys fishing trip to the bay. There are six of them that normally go....Jason's "old lady" from college/corp (Keith Foy), two friends from Austin/Dell (Michael Murphy & Art Archariykosol), his closest friend from grade school/high school (Justin Garrigues) & his brother, John. Last year it was mentioned that the wives might get to go this year. I was really looking forward to it. Unfortunately it didn't work out. Some of the guys have three & four kids so it was very hard to coordinate kid sitters so both parents could go out of town. I decided to go anyways just for a few nights so I could get away and relax. Besides, I knew the kids would LOVE staying with Grandmama & Pop for the weekend. Keith got here from Dallas a few days before they left for the bay. Both Addie & Zach love it when Mr. Keith comes. It was absolutely precious to hear Addison say, "Mr. Keith!"

The guys left Thursday afternoon and I drove over on Friday afternoon. I did some shopping along the way and got to the bay around six or so. The guys had already left around 5:30 for their first 'all night' fishing trip. I believe they went 100 miles out. It took them four hours to get where they were going, which was an oil rig. Justin took some pictures as well.

Here's one of a beautiful sunset.

And here is one of a TON of catfish swimming around the pier at the house. crazy!

Friday night while the guys were out fishing I read all night which was wonderful. Saturday, Dixie (John's dog) and I hung out. Here she is waiting for her daddy to come home.While the guys were away I went over to the gulf side to lay on the beach and take a few pics.

When I got back the guys were back as well. They had a successful trip. Unfortunately they didn't catch any tuna which is what they really wanted. They did catch a big Grouper, some other kind of fish and a bunch of Red Snapper.

Justin was trying to push the big Grouper in line with the others for the picture and got his foot/shoe stuck in its mouth. It was very comical. Thanks for the laugh Justin!

Justin took some pictures while they were out on the boat all night. Apparently they caught the same shark three times. The reason that they know it was the same shark was because it had hook holes from the two previous times. What a dumb shark!My hot hubby.

The always fabulous Mr. Art.

That night we had a yummy dinner. I made a delicious appetizer (Capt. Rodney's Cheese Bake). Justin made a wonderful appetizer as well. It was blackened red snapper. He did it in the skillet with a bunch of butter and blacken seasoning and it was so good. Then for dinner we had corn on the cob, party potatoes and grilled fish. After dinner, John was smart and went to bed (I mean the guys HAD been up all night). The rest of us played a couple games of Liar's Dice.

Here are the guys toasting a shot of tequila.

I think I must have said something very witty....

I left on Sunday and the guys went back out fishing late in the afternoon. I believe they caught their limit of snapper again. They headed back to Gulfport Monday afternoon. I know they had a fantastic time and I'd bet a lot of money that they will do this again next year. A BIG thank you to Linda & Martin for watching Zachary & Addison so we could have a fun and relaxing weekend.