We haven't had such a long time together at the Lake in as long as I can remember - the bulk of the group was up from Thursday - Sunday and some are still up celebrating :)
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| Lots of cousin time! |
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| Lots of cousin time! |
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| Lots of cousin time! |
We spent all the days doing all the Lake things. Hammocking, swimming, boat rides, ice cream, kayaks, out to eat, meals on the deck, coffee shop, farmers market, tubing, skiing, wakeboarding, rock throwing, paddle boarding, zip sledding, pier jumping, farm stand, grilling, so much naked baby time.
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| Tiny baby Mary is getting so big!! |
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| Happy Birthday Momma! |
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| We have such generous neighbors who are willing to share their fun toys with us! |
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| Lots of cousin time! |
15 people packed into my parents' home on the Lake - I had so much low grade anxiety around the sleeping arrangements :( It ended up working out just fine! Lulu is teething like crazy and had a few middle of the night crying jags which were bummers to be sure. But overall, the sleeping arrangement went well.
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| The boys are starting to like wakeboarding - hooray! |
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| Margie still loves to ski |
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| Our favorite coffee shop has a Friday farmers market; kettle corn anyone?!?! |
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| Lulu bug is neutral about tubing.....at least she doesn't hate it! |
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| Margie loves tubing - look at that enthusiasm! |
A cocktail cruise to a nice dinner out (which turned out to be a burned dinner and stone cold dinner for 3 of us........Marg got the meals removed from our bill........so much for a "nice" dinner out!!) with only the grown ups was a huge treat. Chris said on the nighttime boat ride home that he couldn't remember the last time he went out on the boat at night, if he ever has. It made us realize we should do it more often, its pretty delightful.
What a wonderful weekend away together celebrating our Momma/BoBo/MIL. I am so lucky to have my Mom in my life - despite the fact that I am 35 years old, I still rely on her for a lot of advice, support, day to day help and millions of cooking questions. More than anything else, at the close of this weekend's festivities I feel so grateful for our time together as a family. Hard to believe there are 15 of us, including the 7 babies/kids.
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| Maybe the most affordable ice cream on the lake is available here! |
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| I scream, you scream.... |
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| we all scream for ICE CREAM (a lot of ice cream. maybe too much ;) |
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| Beautiful spot to enjoy the ice cream |
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| Seemingly endless tubing!! |
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| Seemingly endless tubing!! |
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| Seemingly endless tubing!! |
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| Mary isn't so sure she loves the boat coat.... |
Cheers to another excellent year on the books Momma. I love you! I'm already excited about the adventures to come this year.
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| Early morning pretty |
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| Early morning pretty |
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| More cousin love |
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| Dads & their daughters |
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| Life jackets are the new safety gear for grilling.... |
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| Happy Birthday BoBo! |
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| Happy Birthday BoBo! |
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| Kaner learning to dive! |
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