In July we enjoyed a wonderful week at the lake. Chris, Melissa and the boys are kind enough to let us crash their cottage. It was another restful and fun week. Here are some of the highlights of our week...
(you should be able to click on the pictures for a bigger view)
Kaleb in the kayak chillin' out...
Their canoe garden. I love that they used a beat up old canoe to hold their plants.
Josh and Bailey go for a ride. As usual, Bailey spent more time in the water than out.
Melissa and I did a project mid week. How is that for a studio? I could get used to working like that!
Thumbs up to lake time!
Joshua knee boarding. This was the first summer trying out a knee board and we managed to get all the kids up. Looked like a blast but was a bit of a trick to get up on.
Tubing cousins.
Boat cruisin' cousins.
A gaggle of cousins, lol...
The PA cousins joined us for a day, along with Thom, Mom and Dad. It was wonderful!
Logan was the youngest to get up on skis at 5 and Dad was the oldest, at...well, let's just call it 35 :)
Go Dad!!! Impressive indeed.
We had lots of first times this year. Kaleb skied on 1 ski for the first time. He makes it look so easy.
After many, many, many years of trying Joshua finally mastered 2 skis. I am so proud of him for not giving up.
Lots of weird weather during the week. This was on July 4th. A complete rainbow, actually a double rainbow but the contrast between the dark and light on either side was cool!
A lake neighbor let us borrow a home made disk. I wish I had pics of neighbor John (in his mid 60's) demonstrating how to ride this thing. Crazy is all I can say. It was just a round piece of plywood, no handles or anything fancy. Oh the good 'ol days when you had to use your imagination to create fun. Greg was determined to give it a whirl.
And he did...
Lots of swinging from the rope swing...
and tether ball...lake style
We watched a purple martin evict a tree swallow from its home. It was a Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom moment to see the mama swallow toss her babies over the edge to their eventual death. The stress was just too much I guess. A fascinating and upsetting event to observe.
Fish were caught and eaten.
Greg got to sail the open waters.
Good times.
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