3rd Annual Fish Day West...

Last Saturday, July 15th, we hosted our 3rd Annual Fish Day West party. For those of you who don't know about the real "Fish Day" party, it's the biggest party of the year back in the small fishing town that I grew up in. Actually, I went to grade school and high school in Port Washington and grew up in the really small town of Saukville, 2 miles away. Port Washington is right on Lake Michigan and for the past 40 years or so they have thrown "The World's Largest One-Day Outdoor Fish Fry". I guess every place needs to be known for something and for what it's worth this is Port's claim to fame. The whole town shuts down for the day (always the 3rd Saturday in July) of beer drinking, fish and chips eating and parade and fireworks watching. People from all the towns in the area turn out and it's quite a spectacle. It just so happens that quite a few of my friends that I grew up with in Saukville now live out here in the Denver/Boulder area. Eric Weber, Rick Mueller, Mike Jacoby, John Gabarek, Vicky Roden. We now gather at our house to celebrate "Fish Day West" the same day as the real Fish Day. Our college roommate, John Meinel and his family and our neighbors, Mark, Anita and Seth and our friend in from Omaha, Sara and her daughter Campbell also joined us this year. It was a blistering 101 degrees out for us but that didn't stop us from cooking and eating (and drinking) all day and night, not wrapping things up till about 11:00 at night. We all had a great time and can't wait till next years party!


Mattie explains what "Fish Day" is to Blakely (Weber) and Seth:



Eric and Griffin Weber:


Kim and Vicky:


Mike Jacoby and Rick Mueller:


Let's dig in!


Mattie, Seth and Campbell:


Let the fying begin!


Mackenzie enjoy's her first Fish Day:




Everyone can't wait till next year!