Friday, August 15, 2008

And we're home......

  • Arrived at 1:30 last night, errr, this morning.
  • Three loads of laundry in the can.
  • Three of fifteen bags unpacked.
  • Toys the kids "missed" while we were gone: spread all over the house.
  • Number of pictures to go through on the camera: 127.


Happy days, we're home!!!!!!

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Last update for a while.

Ok, so maybe I wasn't exactly in the public library updating, but borrowing their wifi in the cutest coffee/fabric/gift shop ever right next door.

We're still having a great time. Last week we cruised over to Duluth and watched these gorgeous 200+ year old ships with huge sails come into the harbor of Lake Superior. The kids LOVED it, especially Gage. He was making the cutest expressions and vocalizing his wonderment of the entire show. It was a a huge crowd but very much worth it, as was the wait in line for ice cream :-)!

We put the new raft in the lake last week also. It's basically a huge trampoline on water and the kids are crazy over it. I like it too but to be honest, its bright colors distract from the beauty of the surrounding environment when you really look at it, but I'm definitely not going to blow any fun mentioning that one :-).

Randy has golfed twice with his brothers and fished countless times. Jeff caught a HUGE bass the other night and is going to have it professionally mounted for the memory. He and Randy usually throw the fish back (even though us girls beg them to keep some for our appetite's sake), but he just had to bring it back to show us-WOW. Thankfully they have kept enough fish to have enjoyed it twice, we will continue to hope for more.....

I've pretty much been doing what I do at home: laundry, cooking, cleaning, minding the kids.....but it's just better when your looking at the lake all day. The constant calls of projects and school work, bills and balancing checkbooks is on hold and it's very nice. Not to mention its a hundred degrees back home and we are enjoying the seventies here.

Not bad, not bad at all.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Well, I found some wifi :-)!!!

Public libraries are good for many things....

The sky is so blue up here you can't believe! The kids are having a blast swimming in the lake all day and playing with Annie (the neighborhood dog that is the coolest ever!!).

Randy and Jeff have been fishing, we even grilled some Walleye the other night, yum! The weather has been unbeleivably beautiful and it's just all around awesome up here.

Catch you later............

Friday, July 25, 2008

Ok, one last thing............

Three batches of Colie's delicious homemade granola. check.
Five boxes of Mom's Best Cereal, mmmmm. check.
One gi-normous bag of rolled oats. check.
One huge bag of flaxseed meal. check.
Gobs of carrot, bean, and spinach baby food (Gage still loves this stuff). check.

Breakfast at the lake. Covered.


Houston, we are ready for take off and here is the luggage to prove it. Remeber this is a family of six for three weeks:

Goodbye!!!!

We're headed north for our annual summer vacation to the lake. If I'm unable to get internet service up in the woods I won't be posting for the next three weeks! So, enjoy the rest of the summer, we'll be back........

Two Months





Our Addie girl is two months old today and just growing like a weed! She is either all smiles or all crying depending on when you catch her, we just LOVE her!!!!

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Happy Birthday Colie!!!!



Happy Birthday to my fantastic sister Nicole!

I love that I can call you any time of the day and just start right in on why I was calling. No need for ten minutes of "pleasantries" just dive right in: "Can you get me the number for Red Robin asap?". I love that you are not afraid to give your opinion, though sometimes it can tick me off :-). I love that I can talk to you about ANYTHING and you'll listen.....and give your opinion :-). I love that we are raising our kids at the same, but I wish we lived closer together. I love your passion for exercise and hope you continue to rub off on me. I love the way you just "roll with it", especially with three boys! I love that you can open any jar in the kitchen, take down John and Mike, and remove hinges from a closet door, but can still cry while watching Anne of Green Gables. I love that you put up with my hypochondria and remind me I am crazy :-). Most of all I love that God blessed me with such an awesome sister.

We love you and Happy Birthday!!!!!!

xoxoxoxoxoxo, Randy, Liz, Ashlynnie, Ryde, Gage Man, and Addie