We started out our vacation by spending two nights at my mom and Tim's. While we were there we went to see my step-sister Alison's house and the kids thought it was pretty cool that their cousin Emma has pigs.
The kids checking out Emma's pigs.
We spent an entire week at my Grandparent's cabin this summer. It was the best family vacation we've had yet. I forgot my camera at home, so I didn't get it until Friday morning when our friends Ryan and Katie came up, so some of these pictures are from my cell phone.
I over packed our bags, as we mostly wore swimsuits all day long. The exception was one day when the girls and my cousin Courtney and myself went and met my Grandma Gregg for lunch, so we had to put real clothes on, that day Kevin and Paul had a picnic on the pontoon while they went out fishing.
The first morning at the cabin the kids enjoyed "Vacation Hot Chocolate"
When Kevin and I grocery shopped we bought "special hot coco" it had colored mini marshmallows with the packets and we told them you could only have it on vacation. It worked for now...at least until they notice it at the grocery store.
First pontoon ride of vacation...thanks dad for letting us use your pontoon!
A trip up north isn't complete without a visit to Granny's Pantry!
This was a childhood favorite of mine and when we lived in Battle Lake,
my friends and I would frequent it at least 1x a week. Love, love Heath Bar Crunch Frozen Yogurt in a Granny Cone (homeade waffle cone). Yum! Amelia, Courtney and I had ice cream, the little ladies opted for a less messy item and chose a few gummy dinosaurs and even brought a small bag of candy back for Paul!
One of our most favorite things from the week was the time we spent cruising on my dad's pontoon! Still miss my Grandparents old pontoon, but we sure love the upgraded model!
Early on in the week we worked on cleaning out some of the weeds to make the swimming area a little bigger as well as to help the weed roller move a little more smoothly. All of the kids sure loved the swimming area and spent plenty of time in it!
My Grandpa turned 70 on August 8th, so Saturday night before that we had a fish fry at the cabin to celebrate. Kevin and Paul caught sunnies all week long, Kevin cleaned them every night and froze them to save for the end of the week. My grandma had picked up some extra fish just in case and we used a small amount of that. I think Kevin had almost 100 sunnies from the entire week. Paul loved catching the fish, but not eating them! I'm not a fish person, but it sure tasted good!
Paul and Clare
Celebrating August Birthdays
Kevin (30), Papa Dave (70), Uncle Ronnie (49)
Going worm hunting!
My Grandparents. Neither look a day over 60.
I hope I look that good when I'm 70 or almost 70!
Uncle Ronnie is one of Amelia's most favorite people!
He's always had a special place in his heart for her too and calls her "Blue Eyes".
We had a GREAT vacation, not sure how we'll ever top it! Someday I hope we can own a cabin of our own for our children and grandchildren to use. What a special place to make memories! The kids love going to the cabin and I'm thankful that my Grandparents (and my cousin Luke) are willing to share it with us!
