Click on the slideshow below to view our uploaded photos from August!

What a fun first birthday party it was!  Lots of pictures here.

Ashley Katharine took her first steps today (Dec 14th) and I was lucky enough to catch it on camera!   :)

Take a look at more photos of her first steps.

We weren’t the only ones fishing today, seemed like almost a million birds all diving into the ocean gulping up menhaden and other small fish. We caught trout and croaker nearly every time we let our sting silver jigs into the water here. They were small, but it was lots of fun!

My friend Brian and I rode 35 miles out into the ocean from Oregon Inlet on Sunday and caught four nice Yellowfin Tuna.  It was a two hour ride out to the Gulf Stream that began at 5:30 in the morning.  It was cold and the wave heights were about four feet.

Once we got to the Gulf Stream the weather improved and the water was warm and we had a blast.  We use an SST Chart to help locate the warmer waters and figure out where to fish.  Sunday however, we followed Susan’s uncle, Frank Adams, out there and we had a fish in the boat before 8AM.  We trolled rigged ballyhoo on four rods behind the boat.  We had two more rods on standby, but with just two of us to fight the fish, we didn’t want to risk too many multiple hookups.

We had a great time, but were very sore after cleaning the fish and washing the boat… :)  I hope our backs feel better so we can go out again sometime soon!  To see more photos, click on my fishing photo album.

How cute is Ashley Katharine for halloween???

She was looking adorable and got lots of candy for daddy!  Lots more pictures here.  Enjoy!

My sister Emily and her husband Rafael had their first baby today.  Yay!  It is a boy, and his name is Sebastian.  Susan and I are so happy for them.  We have been getting the updates from Liz and Rafo and it’s been an exciting time.  Liz sent me some pics of Sebastian and if you want to see them, just send me an email and I will send them to you.