Out in the Big Blue Sea

This past weekend I had the opportunity to do something I never thought I would do...I went deep sea fishing! It took a lot of convincing to get me to sign up, but once I did I ended up having a great time. 47 people from my summer campground pitched in and rented a charter boat from Hampton Beach. We packed coolers full of snacks and drinks, rented a bus and sang songs, and spent 8 hours together on a boat. It was a great bonding experience! To make it even better I even caught the first fish of the day....

I refused to touch the fish so my cousin had to help me out!

In addition to catching the first fish, I also caught another Cod and 3 SHARKS! As we were moving to find a new location to fish I saw the most amazing thing...3 whales and close to 15 dolphins starting swimming around our boat. It was the coolest thing I have ever seen and the crew said they have never seen anything like it before. The little kids on the boat were in awe and will definitely remember this for the rest of their lives.

Overall, it was a great experience and something I will never forget. We are going to try and make it an annual trip, and next year I'll start the day off with a positive feeling and hopefully win biggest fish! (2nd place this year ughhh)

Happy Fourth of July!!

Happy Fourth of July everyone! I had an exciting long weekend at my summer home with my family. On Saturday I went to the beach with all my cousins which was lots of fun! I did however have some troubles with the sunscreen and ended up with a large handprint on my arm. Go ahead and laugh I know I look ridiculous!

Sunday and Monday was spent at family cookouts eating as much as my stomache could handle. The little kids at my campground put on a parade where they all dressed up in costumes and marched around the streets. It was so cute!

While I had a great carefree weekend, I made sure to think of the importance of this holiday and what it stands for. One of my best friends just returned from Afghanistan and I called him to make sure he knew how proud I was and how thankful I was that he put his life on the line to defend the independence we were all celebrating.  

Well, this is my first blog entry so I am just learning how to put an entry together and playing around with the features. Sooo,lets finish it off with some off cool photos my boyfriend shot this past weekend while putting on a professional firework show. So scary!

On a barge in the middle of the ocean

Before 

After