The end of summer has come, and with it, is our annual outing with my dad's side of the family to the cabin. This year, we ventured to a resort we hadn't been to and it proved to be a good time. Then again, anything on a lake, with a campfire, surrounded by good people is a good time for us. We're pretty easy to please when it comes to cabin life.
Here's our weekend, mostly in pictures.
The fam standing on the very very long dock which proved to be a good place to catch perch and sunfish.
Ryan and Grandma Jan went out golfing so Papa took the opportunity to take the girls out for their first spin of the weekend. They were in their glory!
Oh boy this girl is going to break hearts some day. With her beautiful sun blond hair and her piercing eyes. I love her to pieces!
Regan and I, this year with Sidney, took a turn on the tube. My cousin has a nice ski boat and her husband is sweet enough to pull us back and forth. Unfortunately, we didn't get any action shots. The girls giggled like crazy as Dave made figure 8's and we bounced high off our seats.
I had high hopes of getting one-big-family picture, considering Ben/Jon were in town, but looking at all 400 of my pictures from the weekend, apparently we missed our opportunity.
But we got one with the grandparents!
There was a full of cobwebs/spiders lovely swing set/play ground built on sand and the girls had a great time getting dirty.
The rest of the crew took the girls out for some fishing from the boat, an experience they are sure to remember for a very long time. Ryan and I got to hang back on dry land and R-E-L-A-X!
Sidney caught the biggest fish on their adventure, and she's a pretty good fisher-woman when she tells the story: "Mom, it was dissssss big!".
I love sunsets. I love them even more over the lake.
The girls adore the moon, finding it no matter how tiny it is. We had no trouble locating it and it's beauty reflecting on the lake. I could have sat for hours watching it....oh wait, we did, we were on vacation!
I got a call one night from my mom in the fish house as I was busy with the girls: "Liz, you have to come down here, and bring your camera". As Papa and Dave were busy cleaning fish, Ryan just had to check it out. But he's not real into fishing these days.....and had a trouble stomaching the smell :)
Regan waiting for her catch of the day:
Which didn't take long and her shriek was always priceless "I GOT ONE!" as we cheered her to reel and reel and reel.
She caught a lot of seaweed throughout the weekend, so the moments when she caught actual fish were a pretty big deal.
The girls have 2 cousins who are pretty close in age and they have a lot of fun burning off energy. Let's just say the decibel level at the resort went down about 100 after we all left :)
It's pretty incredible that they see each other once a year yet always pick up where they left off the year before. This year we were joined by Hannah (girlfriend to my cousin's son) and Regan/Sidney just adored her! Seventeen and beautiful, thankfully she did great letting the girls hang on her all weekend.
THANK YOU EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY MOM AND DAD, FOR YET ANOTHER MEMORABLE LABOR DAY WEEKEND!
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