My first African stream trout

To continue my birthday weekend...we went strawberry picking and I made a great strawberry crumble--amongst many other really awesome things. We were so excited to have an oven that we never went out to eat other than our picnic. I think we both agree the best dessert I baked were these chocolate peanutbutter cheesecake bars. They were insane. You can find the recipe at: http://www.jamieoliver.com/foodwise/article-view.php?id=3054

Seriously for any bakers out there, this is a keeper. But definitely one to share. It makes a lot of brownies and they are really rich. Oh and check out the flips flops that I am showing off in the first picture. Matt got me those for my birthday. They are the coolest flip flops I've ever had. BUt I guess when you normally get your flip flops at Walgreens, you can only take steps up.

I got to go out on the South African streams for the first time with Matt. He has been multiple times with other fishermen and he has started doing some guiding, but I have only been able to go out on the dams since we haven't had a car. Thank god for the car back. I am learning a lot and I improve every time I have a rod in my hands. THis stream was great and if Matt wasn't teaching me, he probably would have caught a millions fish. He still caught a handful and I caught one, seen in my pictures. He was so proud he was beaming...Matt, not the fish. Matt saw the fish and I casted to it and caught it on the first try. I had a couple of other bites, but I get pretty excited when I feel them, so sometimes I don't set the hook right. BUt I am getting better and my other birthday present from Matt was a pair of wading boots. THank god, because I was slipping and sliding all over that stream. Matt is telling me that I have to walk slowly and quietly through the stream and I feel like a toddler because I can't stay on my feet. So soon my wading boots will be coming in the mail.