The Weekend

Well,
When i last posted on Friday we still had to finish off they day. So we met up with mom out at school and had a good visit. Then we headed home and prepped for Dinner.
The only way to end a school year off right is with some homemade Pizza!
So i had three "Iron Skillet's" ready and when Nicole arrived home we created our own "favorite" pizza's. Not sure which are which here but, the pictures almost do justice to how good these were!
I think this was Nicole's creation.
I'm pretty sure this one was my own personal creation: Needless to say i ate it ALL!
Saturday found Isa, Gene, and I headed back to Lake Samish in search of some more of those tasty little trout. This would make 3 days in a row for me.

Isa was all smiles as we returned to the Launch with a cooler full of Kokes to take home.
She prided herself with picking out all the worms prior to there fateful offering on "The Hook"
We couldn't just go alone, So my good friend Gene came along. Good company, and GREAT with Isa. Gene (and I, for that matter) finally got our "cup of coffee" on the return trip to the launch....The fishing was just to HOT to stop for a cup!
I couldn't help but snap a photo of "a man with his coffee" since the topic was the punchline for most of our mornings constant fishing action.


And of course,

we have to get one of those signature "limit" shots. So here is the limit for Isa and me. Another good trip!

So you may ask what we did for Fathers day....... well only one guess......

What else, a trip fishing with the family.

Nicole agreed to go and take Kai along for the ride too.

He didn't like his life jacket was the understatement of the day! So fishing was short lived, but we still managed to boat 7 fish in 40 min. of fishing. That's when it was "time to go" as level 4 of 5 meltdowns had started to occur.

I still enjoyed having everyone in the boat, and it was Kai's first trip to boot!

So a picture of the troops to document our first outing all together.

Not necessarily all smiles though.

And, last as a closing shot to a good weekend.

The old Yami. doing it's duty on another trip, pushin' the dory at maximum speed....8 m.p.h.!

Signing off from the North......Where father's fish with friends and family......and have fun too.

Mark......"The Iron Skillet"

Chicken Enchilada Casserole

Once again, the Iron skillet found himself at home.....and some cooking was in order.
So our Tuesday night meal was one of our favorites. Chicken Enchilada Casserole....Cooked to perfection in.....an IRON SKILLET....What else would i use?


Here is a picture of the final product, right b4 it came out of the oven. You can see the cheese is just getting that golden brown top.....Perfection!



Here is a shot right before being placed in the oven. There are layers of cheese, tortillas, chicken, enchilada sauce, green chilli, beans and a little spice that will put the hair back on a bald mans head!

Gotta have a picture of "mixture" prior to a layer of cheese and tortillas

I wish i had a few more pictures of this to share, but sadly it was eaten so quickly that it was gone before i got a chance to snap any photo's!

So signing off....From the North......where bald men grow hair too!

Mark...."THE IRON SKILLET"

CHOWDER TIME!

Wednesday morning found us waking to rain. We haven't had any rain for quite some time, but for some reason the rain we had Wednesday morning reminded me of Clam Chowder!
I haven't had Clam chowder for a long time, and i don't think I've ever made it.
Well, as you can see, i can scratch another one of the list of "made that now....in an Iron Skillet"

I ended up using some of the horse clams we dug while Nicole's family visited. They are perfect for chowder! Ground through the meat grinder made them just right.
Here's a picture of my bowl full.
No Clam Chowder is complete without Oyster Crackers
Mmmmmmm.....looks good!


So while i was making chowder, i had the kids play on the deck. Was just right, i could keep an eye on them and they could have fun.
Little did i know that Isa filled up her little play box with a whole bunch of water! (So much for keeping the Eagle eye on them) She figured out how to turn on the hose and help herself. (I'd put just a touch of water in for fun)
As you can see, most of the water ended up on the deck!

Here's a better shot of just how wet things got!

KaiKai's diaper looked like a marshmallow it had so much water in it!

And last but not least,
A picture of Isa that says it all about another great day spent with
"THE IRON SKILLET" A.K.A. DAAAAAAAAD!

From the North.......Where chowder's made........and Kids, both big and small, have fun too!

FIRST POST FROM THE IRON SKILLET

hello,

well bear with me this is my first attempt at posting on the blog. Minus Nicole's help none the less.

So this week I've found myself laid off 4 of the 5 days, and all of next week. Between working on the boat, and watching kids I managed to muster up a typical Iron skillet meal for Monday night.

The first portion of the meal was to be salmon patties and shrimp cocktails

Followed by the main course of fresh trout from lake Samish. A couple Kokanee and a couple Cutthroat trout, marinated to perfection and placed in the rack for a proper cooking.


Have to have a picture of an Iron Skillet in action. Boy those Salmon Patties turned out great. I even ate one cold the next day (and i don't like anything cold that has to do with fish, they must have been good!)


Tuesday, found me finishing up the deck project. The lumber is now all in place, I'll wait to stain it when Nicole and the kids are off on there Vacation.

And, lastly a picture of a combo of both new and old product. I tried to reuse as much of the old deck as possible, Once stained there shouldn't be to much of a noticeable difference (at least i hope so).

So that's my first blog from the North....Where we eat well.....and build decks too!