Spring showers, Baby Showers and a Fish

The last of the snow is slowly melting and we got a nice little rain today to wash all the dirt off the ground. Of course, because since it's North Dakota it couldn't just rain, it had to snow for about and hour as well.

This was a crazy weekend and it started at about 4:00 a.m. on Saturday morning. Knowing that I probably wouldn't have time after this weekend to fill my spring turkey tag, Dion and I decided to run up to Hazen that morning to try to call some turkeys in. Perfect morning for calling in a long beard, but the Turkey's had some other ideas. I did find out that I can call in Ditch Parrots (pheasants) really well tho and we even managed to get some pics of a part albino pheasant. I'll post them someday.

Once back in Bismarck I had enough time to catch a little nap before Dad and brother Bob and kids came over to deliver what I've been waiting 4 years to get. My Northern Pike mount that I'm going to call "Mr. Snappy".

Mr. Snappy is going to be a point of contention for us I can see - I can tell that Katie isn't warming up to him like I thought she would. I think in her mind she thought fish were small, but this is 40+ inches of Northern Pike on the wall. I can see her argument, but on the flip side, this is a rare trophy that I've waited a long time for. The only logical solution is a bigger house someday with a room dedicated for hunting trophies. Katie, take note, I will disqualify houses in the future soley on the grounds of limited trophy space!! Moose, Elk and Bearskins mounts are a possibility!

Saturday night brought on the first meeting of them families, and not without some trepidation. The Brandner's are a smaller family, so being thrown into a situation where there are 17 adults and 27 kids can be a daunting task to handle. Mission accomplished. Clint Eastwoods equalizer was the .44 Magnum, the Miller families is food. Trish and company can put out a spread of food that would make Rachael Ray, Emeril and everyone else at the food network tear up.

Once that was done, the men headed to my brother Brads to watch the Twins pound up on the Indians and the women held their baby shower...........

I think the baby shower is going to require a post of it's own.

Needless to say, we got a TON of gifts that we thought we needed and a TON of others that the veteran parents knew we would need.

To be continued........