one fish, two fish, three fish, four.

WHEW! It is safe to say that it has been a busy work week, which has in turn forced me to postpone the recap of our beach trip last weekend with the Owens. Thank goodness for Fridays!

I will attempt to sum up our weekend as quickly as possible:

Friday afternoon we headed out of town and arrived in Grayton Beach around 8:00. Unfortunately for us, the wait at the Red Bar was two hours long! Oy! So, we headed over to the Red Bar's brother restaurant, Louis Louis instead. By the time we were finished with dinner we were all pretty worn out so made a quick trip to the grocery store and called it a night. We had a BIG day of fishing ahead of us!

On Saturday morning we got up bright and early. Well, John got up brighter and earlier...and was able to capture this beautiful picture of the sunrise over the bay. Breathtaking!

We loaded up the cooler, slathered on some sunscreen and made our way over to the one and only "Black Gold." Our first stop was around the bend where we successfully caught most of our bait. Then we cruised on out to the deep blue to catch some snapper!

I would say that over the next few hours we were quite successful. We caught several snapper, grouper, and triggerfish. Brandon took home the title of "President" for having the biggest catch of the day and John took home the title of "VP" for being in a very close second. Katie Beth did awesome too! She was right on up there with the gents. My fish weren't too shabby either. Overall, it was super fun. We enjoyed every second!

Later that afternoon, we took it to the pool and beach for a swim and some bocce ball! It was so much fun! I can't wait to play some more in that beautiful new backyard of the Owens' very soon (HINT HINT, KB). For dinner that night, we went to the always delicious Harbor Docks. Due to the long day on the boat and in the sun, we called it another early night.

On Sunday we slept in and then grabbed breakfast at the Donut Hole. YUMMY. It did not disappoint. Afterwards we spent a little bit more time at the pool and on the boat, packed up and cleaned up, and made one last stop at Harborwalk for lunch before we hit the road.

We hate that it seemed like a short, fleeting weekend, but we love love loved spending time with Katie Beth and Brandon and getting the opportunity to take their boat out and do some fishing. Thank y'all so much for an amazing beach weekend. We can't wait to do it again soon.