We have had so many great times at the lake already this summer, and I've taken HUNDREDS of pictures! I can't even begin to post them all. I always enjoy the getaway of going to the cottage even just for the weekend. This summer, Scott was able to take a whole week off of work for us to have holidays - it was just so great! It's such a nice time to relax and leave my every day worries behind. I love it that I don't even think about facebook, blogging, or any of the other things that take up so much of my time in a regular week. I also get to enjoy the kids so much more when we are there. I have Scott around to help full time, plus my parents and sisters. Plus there is so much fun stuff to do that the kids don't seem to get grouchy much at all! I don't think there's ever been a summer I've enjoyed the cottage more! Here are a ton of pictures of some of our 'Hot Day Fun!' (Rainy days post to follow . . . )
Kalia even loves her favorite game - chase!! - in the water!
Just inspecting Auntie Crissi's bling!
Always something to say, that girl :)
"How far can I bend over without falling in??"
Building sand castles with Daddy, or in Oliver's case, just eating the sand.
The kids were fascinated by the group of Canadian geese that paid us a visit! We have a rule about not feeding the geese because then they always come onto the dock and leave their mark! My dad let the kids throw pieces of wild mushroom for them this time though and when they left Kalia shouted out "Look Nana, they didn't even poop!"
Collecting seashells on the shore (they were put there by my mom for her to find!)
Oliver NOT loving his life jacket.
Dad got a kick out of bending the brim of Oliver's hat up and calling him Gilligan
Man, does that kid love to splash
He also loved picking up globs of sand and chucking it into the water. In fact, his favorite thing to do down on the dock was grab everything and anything in sight and throw it in!
Proudly showing off her water lilies from Papa Joe
I just love the field of dasies in front of our cottage and can't resist a little photo shoot every year with my pretty girl
little fisherman
Sleepy head
I was so proud of Kalia here! We always drive the boat out to the middle of the lake and jump in to swim, and this year she joined us too! She is just such a little fishy in the water! 
He had to make sure we all saw the approaching boat!
Kalia saw a little boy and girl at the beach using body boards like this so we got ours out from under the cottage and she just LOVED it! She swam all over the place kicking her little feet.
6 comments:
OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH......so cute! Especially bedhead and little fisherman! and too many others to mention each one! We had so much fun with you too!
Love, Nana and Cristina
Looks like you guys had a great time. It's so much fun to just get away!
Great pictures, Brandi! You have such a cute kids. What a fun summer you've been having
What an awesome way to spend summer vacation:)! I love all the pictures, Kalia and Oliver are both SO cute:)!!! You're so right, there's something great about being able to 'disconnect' for awhile and just focus on the people around you:) Glad you had such a great time!
Awesome pictures Brandi. Where is your cabin? It looks beautiful. I hope there are many more hot sunny days for you guys to spend out at the cabin.
looks like you had a lot of fun! great pictures.
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