Gone Fishing...

So my very awesome friend Michelle called me yesterday morning and said she had the urge to fish and did I wanna come? I said, "YOU BETCHA!"  We got all the stuff together and went to the pier at North Island of Naval Station Coronado.  It went back and forth from cloudy and sunny and boy that wind was CHILLY!  But we had a GREAT time!  Here are the pics!  :)

Michelle is getting us all set up!

Here's the view off the left side of the pier

And the view off the right side of the pier

What!?!  This isn't a Halibut!  Apparently the octopus thought that fishing lurer looked yummy! lol

A pretty awesome picture of the octopus sitting on the bench! 

Michelle's husband unhooking the octopus so it can go back home

That's me touching it's tentacle!  It was crazy to feel it suction cup to my finger!

It's on it's way home!  If you'd like to see the video of it, click here! 

Here are the live bait fish that we used on some of the poles.  The other two poles we used lurers.

Super cute picture of Michelle and I!  I love this gal! :D

I GOT ONE!!!   Caught my first halibut!  Too bad it was too small.  It needs to be about double that size.  This one is about 12 inches and for us to take it home to enjoy, it needs to be about 22 inches.

The white underbelly of a halibut

Michelle caught this one about 5 minutes after I threw mine back.  ... We think it was the same fish! lol  We were thinking that because of the scales at the tail where I was holding it.  

Here's Michelle throwing it back!  If it's any consolation, there were at least 6 guys out there with us and they didn't catch ANYTHING! 

Michelle fishing for bait fish

HI! :)

We had a great time, even though we didn't get anything and it was cold!  I can't wait to go again!  I KNOW we'll have better luck next time!  :)

Adventures with The Tiffany's!

So grateful that my sweet best friend, Andrea, and her awesome family came to visit us a couple weeks ago.  We had such a great time while they were here!  

One of the many cool things we did was go to Cabrillo National Monument.  It was so BEAUTIFUL!!!  Check out the photos! :)

We went down to the tide pools and found a sea anemone!  "With friends like these, who needs anemones!"  hehehe...

This should be in a magazine or something!  I think it's a really cool picture!

This was neat, there are sea shells imbedded into the wall!

Reed, Lauryn, and Andrea!  I love these peeps!

Rob and Reed looking at a crab

Reed showing Lauryn what a barnacle is.

Rob and Reed adventuring!  They're way braver than I am!

HI GUYS! :)

He kept doing this to me!  Scared the daylights out of me!

HAHAHA Awesome cliff jumping!

A view of San Diego from the visitor's center

Lauryn loved looking through the telescope!

Look at this cute girl! <3 

Aye matey, 'tis a really cool sailboat

Old Point Loma Lighthouse

Looking out from the lighthouse

Me, all tiny, next to the lighthouse.  It was exciting to see one in real life!  It was my first.  I love lighthouses!

Looking out from the lighthouse window (not the very top, it was closed off)

"Hello?  Anyone there???"

This is the lens of the light, I thought it was super neat!

Rob and Lauryn talking to each other :)

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We also took Mozart to the Dog Beach while they were visiting.  Previously I had shown Lauryn my sea shell collection.  So when we went to the dog beach, I made sure it was low tide and we took some baggies with us.  Lauryn and I got a lot of REALLY cool sea shells!!!  She definitely started her own collection!

E and myself on the beach!  It was bright out and I forgot my sunglasses... silly me.

Lauryn LOVED the water!

I found a crab!

Mozart was VERY interested to see what this creature was!

Reed picked it up so I could get a better picture, and to take it away from the dogs!

If you'd like to see a video of the crab (since I have the worst luck posting videos on my blog), you can check it out on my facebook.  Just click here.

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As you can see, from some of the photographically documented times, we had a GREAT time full of fun adventures!  We're so thankful for awesome friends to come visit us and to share in a wonderful time!