It's Official!!!

Fishing season is upon us and once again, I have become a fisherman's widow!! If you are like me (or at least like I was) you are probably thinking, fishing?? Oh...the sport where you have a pole, usually a worm and you throw the worm into the water and hope something bites it!! Well, that is exactly how I thought of fishing until I married an AVID fisherman! Now I know more about fishing, fishing baits, rods, reels, boats, etc. than I could ever care to know!! I didn't know that fishing was a multi-million (maybe billion) dollar industry and that there are professional fishermen, like professional golfers, baseball players, basketball players, etc. But trust me my friends...It's true!!!

Justin loves to play golf too and I used to think that golf could get rather expensive, depending on where he was playing, how often he played, etc. but I am here to tell you, golf doesn't hold a candle to fishing (at least at our house). I think I could retire at about 35 if Justin only played golf and we saved the rest of what we spend on fishing!! (Just kidding :)....well, not really but I like to try and make myself think that I am)

Anyways, so Justin has been tournament bass fishing for, I believe, 6 years now!! However, this year he has switched circuits and is fishing a new club with a more intensive tournament schedule!! I know, I thought last year (and the year before and the year before...) that there was NO possible way this man could fish anymore than he already does! But it seems as if he has it all figured out. The old tournament schedule consisted of only ONE tournament per month and then he would fish several odd and end tournaments here and there. Oh ya, and then there is PRE FISHING!!! You can't win a tournament if you don't practice (ALL THE TIME), right? Well...this one has TWO tournaments per month and then I guarantee there will still be the odd and end tournaments as well!

So...that's where the term fisherman's widow comes in. It will be probably November before I spend a full weekend with my husband again (unless of course, we go on Vacation, he is sick, etc.) because he will be living on the lake!! I will be sure and post some random pictures because trust me, he gets an awesome tan, usually consisting of a really tan face and really white sunglasses mark!!

Don't get me wrong, I am VERY happy for him and LOVE that he has something he is so passionate about!! I also LOVE going to his weigh-ins and, hopefully :), watching him win some $$$!! But, I also love my husband and get tired of not seeing him very often!!!

So, we kicked off the beginning of fishing season by heading to Springfield this weekend, to go to Bass Pro. Well, I didn't go to Bass Pro, but Justin and Justin did!! Tayson, Cindy and I went to the mall for the day!! We had lots of fun shopping while the boys racked up at Bass Pro. Does anyone else have this problem...I specifically go out of town to shop and never find ANYTHING?? I think I bought like 4 things!! After shopping all day, we went and picked the boys up, went out to dinner and then drove home!!

Sunday morning, Justin, Tayson and I went out to breakfast and then headed to the park in Tontitown!! Tayson LOVES the park and it was such a nice day!! The only thing he didn't really like was that his overprotective mom made him wear a hat because it was so windy!! I tried to explain to him that it was much better to look silly in the 65 degree weather with a hat on, than it was to have an ear infection, but for some reason he just didn't understand!!