One Monday we decided to go to Bridal Veil falls for family night. Matthais was at scout camp so it was just the three littles. I honestly don't think I had ever been to the falls before. Isn't that weird? I've driven by them hundreds of times but I don't remember ever walking to them. Lame. The kids were impressed and not afraid to get into the cold water. Not me! It was melted snow after all! Brrrr!
"Motherhood is about raising and celebrating the child you have, not the child you thought you would have. It's about understanding that he is exactly the person he is supposed to be. And that, if you're lucky, he just might be the teacher who turns you into the person you are supposed to be."
-Joan Ryan "The Water Giver"
Early in the summer I ordered a butterfly habitat and thought that would be a fun activity for the summer. I didn't plan it very well though! While we were away to Six lakes they formed their cocoons and they hatched one day when I had sent the kids to play at their cousins so I could have a break. Even I was too busy to witness it! Because of that the kids are begging to do it again!
After sending Millie off to Las Vegas we loaded up and headed up to Six Lakes. This was truly one of the funnest places we've ever gone! We had a huge cabin, our own private lake filled with fish and lots of family to share it with! I even caught my first fish! We rowed and canoed on the lake, the kids had tons of fun swimming and caught lots and lots of crawdads! This is defiantly something we will be planning to do again!
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| Our cabin, the "Loon" |
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| My first fish! |
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| Me and Ian right before I had to throw him overboard. He kept standing and tipping the canoe so I made him swim. |
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| The boys catching crawdads |
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| We don't usually send our four year old out in the canoe by himself! Funny story, he wanted to go out with grandma but she is a little afraid of water so aunt Missy said she'd take him. A few minutes later this is what we see, Owen in the boat by himself... |
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| ...and aunt Missy, fulling clothed, including sneakers, swimming and pushing the boat along. Being the great auntie that she is she sacrificed her self when the boat began to tip and then pushed the boat (and Owen) to the shore. |
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| More crawdads. They were everywhere. |
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| That didn't deter Owen from jumping in though! |
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| Melissa had planned to take her family horseback riding so Ian and I tagged along. They wouldn't let us ride the same horse and since Ian can really ride a horse by himself they gave him a quick ride. And I do mean quick. He rode about 20 feet before jumping off and saying "I'm done. Thanks" |
This year I decided to let Millie attend a dance competition/convention called Tremaine. The only problem? It was in Las Vegas. And, it was the same weekend as an already planned and paid for family trip to a cabin. It was really important to Millie (and to her team) to attend and luckily I had some good friends that were willing to let her tag along. She had a lot of fun, worked hard and did some awesome dancing (so I am told!). Here are some pictures courtesy of Laci an Tricia.
Posting in September about a camping trip that happened in July? Oh the shame! Still, I don't dare skip over our summer happenings so there will be lots of catching up to do here!
The middle of July we had our annual big rock family camp out. This year was a little strange as not many were able to make it. Some came but stayed at a hotel, others came only for a day (or a few hours in some cases). Even Adam was gone to Alaska during this time. It was still a lot of fun and something we look forward to every year.
