Introducing Dylan!

As we continue our blog series of introducing our team, it's time for you to meet Dylan.

Yes, Dylan our niece. 

Dylan works as our Social Media contractor and also helps out during Canton First Monday Trade Days when her breaks at Baylor allow.  If you happen to visit our Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest Boards it's quite likely you're seeing the result of Dylan's creativity and diligence to always present Lakehouse Outfitters in the best light possible.

I am proud of the work she does for Lakehouse Outfitters and even more proud of the person she's becoming. 

xoxoxo,

AC

Hey y’all! My name is Dylan and I’m lucky enough to call Cindy my aunt. I guess you could say obsession with the lake is in my blood. I inherited this strong lake-loving gene from the lake queen herself.

I lived in California for most of my life, but that didn’t stop my aunt from flying me out to Texas every summer for a two to three week visit. I looked forward to this trip every year. Not only did I get to spend time with my amazing Aunty Cindy and Uncle Ray, but I got to experience lake life to its fullest. This meant days of sleeping in, drinking coffee on the front porch looking out over the lake, delicious homemade food, making bonfires and cooking s’mores, fishing, tubing, boating and so much more.

It was an absolute paradise.

 

Our favorite spot:  the screened in porch

 

Decked out for the July 4th Parade around Lake Brenda with Auntie Cindy and my cousin Jodi

 

Studying lake side isn't so bad

A girl and her dog and a trolling motor = perfection!

First Fish!

After ten years of spending almost half my summer in Texas, I decided I wanted to move there permanently. I am now a sophomore at Baylor University majoring in Psychology. One of my favorite things about attending Baylor is that it’s only a short 90-minute drive to my aunt and uncle’s house on Cedar Creek Lake. You could say that this makes a pretty nice weekend getaway. In fact, my three roommates and I spent a weekend at the lake as our last hooray before summer ended.

 One thing I love about the lake is that it brings people of all ages together. I mean does it get any better than your uncle throwing you and your roommates around on the water in a plastic tube? I don’t think so. All I know is that I love the lake just as much as I did when I was eight years old, and I’m sure I’ll love it even more when I’m eighty; and I’m proud to work for a company that feels the same way.

 

LLoLF - Lake Life on Lake Fork

 

Welcome to Lake Life on Lake Fork!

Now that I have been introduced on the blog I will start sharing

our lake life with you!

 For the past several months we have been heading down to Big John's Boat Dock! It started out just watching feeding time!

 

Upon Big Johns persistence we started fishing. Us city folks enjoyed catch and release and the fish we ate we caught at a local restaurant until...

THIS

Turned into THIS

Yes he caught that BIGGIN all by himself if his facial expression doesn't say it all he did

"I'm so proud of myself" - BP (runs down dock giving high fives)

That night we had some friends coming out and after a quick text of 

"Hey you ever cleaned fish before?" and a quick response

"uh yeah when i was kid. we could youtube it"

We felt it was time us weekenders had our first fish fry!

Little Sister made sure she kept the fish fed while in the bucket 

in between her "checking my bait"

 We have it made at Big John's Boat Dock! Look up the nicest person in the world and you will find a picture of Big John (Also look up the man who has two of everything) He SPOILS us! the boat house is well stocked with all your fishing needs. You break a line he will have it fixed by the next time your there. Honestly the experiences BP and sister have had this summer is PRICELESS!

Also did I mention the view...

So after a few more big catches we took our bucket of fish back to the cabin but not before stoping at Big John's garage for a few necessities fish skinners, oh and BP was worried about how you kill the fish ( i guess filet-ing alive wasn't the appropriate thing to do)

"Who has everything you need?" - Big John
screams with excitement "YOU DO!" - BP

hands over a small chubby bat just bop them on the head. Luckily the fish took care of either situation having to happen. Friends hadn't even made themselves at home before watching two different youtube videos and deciding which one seemed most doable we headed out into the dark with a folding table, flashlight, and filet knife...

 (no we are not amish hubs just hasn't seen a razor in oh...8 months)

J actually started us off and then went back for more! I'm tellin ya they were like ole pros!

So the next morning we headed back out to let the friends do some fishing. And of course

Ben's best bud H got his very first fish

 

 

We finished the Weekend with Catfish Nuggets!!!

 

Until Next Time on LLoLF...

 

 

Introducing Heather!

Heather has also worked for Lakehouse Outfitters since (almost) the beginning.  We met in a previous life when I was a sales manager for a radio station in Dallas, Texas and Heather was on the promotional team.  At that time, she was "just a kid" and now she's got two of her own. 

Heather, as with everyone on our team, rises to the occasion when duty calls.  She works the store, she works Canton, she works the wholesale markets and she's our newest contributor to our Blog.  But mostly she works for family vacations and more recently she's asked to work for a Christmas Puppy. 

When I poked and prodded to get her bio for the blog it took a little time, but as I hope you'll agree it was worth the wait.

Introducing Heather!

I have a good reason for not getting this bio written in a timely manner and it would be because of...these two!

During the time I was supposed to be writing a blog post:

• I went in my daughters room to check on her and was hit with the most awful smell that should not come out of a pink princess room I soon realized it was the entire contents of my daughters stomach that she was sleeping soundly in...
• Woke up one morning to what I thought was a transformer blowing as I lay in bed I thought oh no did I pay the electric bill (un fortunately it was not the transformer)
• Trying to understand why in 1st grade you only get 1 extra point for bonus words such as: unique, movements, exhausted and practice. (If you have ever practiced for a spelling test you get the struggle. I feel like we deserve so much more than a smiley face)
• My son told me he has been praying to God for another baby...

I could go on and on because the fact is these guys are my LIFE... it might be crazy and I haven't been on time to anything since they were born but I wouldn't change it for a second.
I LOVE THESE GUYS!

 I wouldn't have them without this guy:

We met in middle school. We started dating when I was 13 and he was 15. We met in Garland, TX where we both grew up. My freshman year of high school we moved to New Orleans. Could you imagine moving a teenage girl away from her boyfriend yes it was as dramatic as it sounds, (I wonder if my mom still has nightmares :) after doing long distance for 4 years and several secret trips I finally moved back to TX to finish college. Got engaged at SeaWorld in '03. Married in New Orleans at a Jazz Hall in June 2006. Next summer we will have been together for 20 years. Crazy to think that at the age of 13 I met the guy who I would do life with!

And recently have started doing LAKE LIFE!

My parents bought a lake house on Lake Fork (TEXAS) as a retirement home they still live in New Orleans and will hopefully be full timers within the next couple years

In the meantime we spend EVERY weekend there!

This is what our life revolves around any and every excuse to be at the Lake

I can now speak from experience that Memories are Made at The Lake!

Cindy's Note:  Watch for Heather's Blog Series Lake Life on Lake Fork coming soon

Introducing Kate!

As per my previous blog post where I promised to introduce our wonderful team to you and it seems only fitting that we start with Kate.

We begin our series with Kate for a couple of reasons:

1.  I've known her since she was a teenager
2.  She's been part of our team since 2010

When I asked the team to write a short paragraph bio and get it to me, Kate took those instructions literally.  Here's how she describes herself:


Born in Wisconsin. Raised in Texas. Sassy. Fun. Loud. I enjoy repurposing old furniture and painting it fun bright colors. 
LOVES in no particular order Dogs. Summer weekends on Bone Lake. S'Mores.  Grey football t-shirts. Naps in hammocks. Coffee. 80s music. Books. Travel. And FOOTBALL FOOTBALL FOOTBALL!! 

Kate in 2010 when she agreed to work Sundays for us

Where Kate hangs out on Bone Lake - her Dad's Cabin

 

 

Kate along side her brothers and Dad the day they were putting in the dock

 

 

 

THE DOCK!  

At our store in Canton, TX: Kate and Jason Witten, Dallas Cowboy #82

 

 

 

That's Kate! 

Kate is at her best when you need her the most.  She loves to swoop in and organize anything from shelves in the stock room to the work space around the counter to our offices and filing systems.  She's my right hand girl when it comes to Canton.  You might find her standing behind the counter ringing up sales, sitting on the floor organizing displays or high on a ladder taking down signs or hanging a light fixture made from chicken feeders.  

She's one in a million and we're happy she's on our side.

Cindy