Happy Labor Day! This weekend, to celebrate the holiday, the family and I went scalloping in Crystal River. With only a few hours on the water we were able to catch our limit (which meant some good dinners were to come!) This weekend was the first weekend that my dad, step mom, brothers, sisters, my husband, and I were able to all get together at once because my sister was away all summer working on a ranch in Colorado. My brothers love to go scalloping. My little brother Jackson had most of his fun diving off the front of the boat. He is quite an amazing swimmer! My little brother Garrison was able to catch a lot of scallops and discover some other ocean life. He was really good at pointing out all the starfish that were hiding in the tall sea grass! After the current grew strong we decided it was time to do some relaxing and clean the scallops. Just after the marina is a great fresh water spring which feels so great after a hot day in salt water. Of course no day goes off without us forgetting something. :) We forgot to bring the cleaning knives. Luckily we were with some friends that were nice enough to let use borrow theirs. So with two knives and gallons and gallons of scallops we just knew we were going to be there all day and night. Loyel got creative and figured he would use his car key. Once we got an assembly line started it actually worked! My sister opened the scallops (ice usually does this, but we caught them so quick there wasn't really time to have them on ice) and Loyel and I cleaned them. The catfish loved us that day! However, my step mom,Tina, who was standing in the water did not love the catfish. :)
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| Garrison |
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| Jackson |
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| Sleepy boys |
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Garrison and Loyel showing off their snorkel mask hair.
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| My sister LeAnna and I cleaning the scallops. |
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