Local adventure....

Sometimes a little adventure doesn't take us very far or have to be very long. Denny dropped by and wanted to visit the pond by the house. Since Terrence was in school, I grab Jason, a camera and off we went to show Denny where the pond is.

A short hike later, we were at the dam and Denny baited up his hook with earthworms to see if anything is home. I left the walkie talkie with him so we can test it's range and communicate. I took Jason with me and we return home so Julie can head out to work. Along the way, we stopped for a minute or two for some photos.

Photo of the dam from a little trail over the hill. That's Denny on the dam.

Jason on that trail. The little hike up had him huffing and puffing. I did the same once I had to carry him the rest of the way.

He likes to pick up rocks and weeds a long the way. Everything is new and interesting at this age. He saw dragonflies and grasshopper and wanted to chase them.

Enjoying a cold drink with the feet hanging over the edge. Life is good.

Finally at the car and only a few minutes to spare. We quickly took a few photos...because photos are always a good thing to look back upon.

He's not always smiling. Most of the time I get looks like these.

The walkie talkie worked and I was able to talk to Denny from home. Denny ask I wanted to keep a bluegill he just caught. This is the first fish I have seen out of this pond. At least we know they are there. Back he goes to grow.

Denny later reported in, saying he caught a smaller Largemouth Bass before calling to ask about lunch with this just legal size Largemouth. 12.25"

Just the perfect size for soup...which fed both of us, my little man J with left over for Julie. Lunch was soooo good and we BTF are crazy like that about fresh fish.

Anyways, that little adventure and change of pace must have stirred up an appetite in Jason. Usually the difficultly slow eater, he was woofing down his lunch. Ate at least 3x the amount he normally eats. It's so fun to be able to just visit the local hiking trails like these in our own backyard.

Fish's for dinner...

I woke up this morning and had the urge to cook the Marlin Julie defrosted for the day before but we did not get to cook. I figured I could make a couple of dishes with it and bring it to the office for lunch. However, I did not get a chance to eat my creation because the storm was brewing and the colder weather means a hot bowl of Chinese noodles was calling for me and Nena. If you didn't know, both me and my big sis LOVE NOODLES!

So off we went at lunch to a little noodle shop on Linda Vista Rd. The steaming combination of yellow egg and white rice noodles really hit the spot and even better, it was Nena's treat. Thanks so much!!!

After work, I stopped by the tennis court to get a little exercise in and played a set with Sonny, Don and the new guy, Day or Dave. I thought it was Dave, but I heard Sonny mention his name was Day or something like that later on that night. Regardless, the team composed of Sonny and I did a decent job early on as we slowly pulled away before I temporarily dislocated my left shoulder on a menacing volley/slam at the net. Luckily for me, the arm went back into the socket as quickly as it got out. Nonetheless, damage was done and with my shoulder weak, the other team caught up and tied before taking the lead at 6 games to our 5. But Sonny and I caught up which forced the match to go into a tie breaker where we had to play in the dark. Even with the challenge of being able to see the ball and make contact with it, Sonny and I eventually managed to win the set. Yea!!! for us.

Afterwards, I stopped by Nena's house to pick up some fish she had defrosted especially for me and Julie. So with some really fresh looking fish, I go the urge to cook a couple of dishes for dinner tonight and allow my wife to rest a bit. I got home at 8:10 and we were eating by 8:50. Not too shabby and it was good meal. A simple two dish affair, but it's great to be able to have a home cooked meal with my wife and child. Terrence got to sit in his high chair patiently awaiting his turn to eat. He's actually going to get to eat solid food for the first time tomorrow morning so stay tune for pictures from that life's first event. :)

Fried fish topped with galic, jalapenos from Julie's mom's garden and a delicious sweet fish sauce courtesy of Nena. The fish was fried enough that we were able to chew through of the bones. Just the way my friend Denny likes it.

Simple fish soup that really help to balance out the flavors of the first dish.

Continuing to grow...

Terrence is now 5mo old and he continues to grow in the >90 percentile. Mom's milk is doing him well. Mom put him down for a nap earlier and when we went to wake him, she exclaim that he looks like he grew taller during the nap. LOL

He's now wearing his 9mo old clothes and with new clothes means new picture opportunities for the little one. Especially when his new clothes has fish related theme. As a BTF daddy, there doesn't need to be more excuses for a picture op than wearing clothes with little fishey embroidered on it. ;)

First, check him out in his new duds...isn't he darling? He is starting to sit a lot better now.

A close up of his bum with the little fishey on it

And one of him pretending to swim like one.

I created some new b/w toning action today. These will be DH's signature b/w warming tone, more info in a later post on the subject.