Tuesday and Wednesday...

On Tuesday and Wednesday, we spent some more time fishing.  On Tuesday morning we also got to go race power wheels and go karts!  The boys, of course, loved it! 

Ben had the hot pole tonight.  I believe he caught a Northern, a bluegill, a crappie (or a perch.. can't remember), and a big old carp!

Conner didn't catch any fish this time, and he was a little upset about that!  When we got back to the cabin after fishing, he was real quiet, so I asked him what was wrong.  He responded, "Mom, I didn't catch the big one!"  I reminded him that he had caught fish on other days and that got him smiling again!

On Wednesday night, the kids got to help Papa get all the fish ready to cook!

Monday's "A Maze 'N Farmyard!"

On Monday morning, the wind had not let up, so enjoying the lake activities wasn't an option!  We decided to spend the day at the "A Maze 'N Farmyard!"  There were lots of activities for the kids and they all had a great time!

In the barn there were lots of animals for the kids to see and pet. Conner was a little nervous with all the baby goats running around, but he definitely liked them!  Ben was amazed to see a wallaby and he immediately asked if it was a kangaroo! 

Any kind of train ride is exciting for the boys! (Though it was a bit lame for the adults... I'm just sayin'...)

There was this huge slide there where you could slide down on potato sacks... very cool!  The kids and adults loved it!

I was very excited that the boys got to ride some ponies!  They had never done that before so it was pretty cool to watch them! 

Oh yes.. the bird house... where you walked in and there were tons of birds flying around you.  If you stuck your finger out in the air or had some food for them you might be lucky enough to have one land on your finger!  Nick was the only one to have a bird land on him.  The boys wouldn't stand still enough and there was no way that I was going to purposely allow a bird to land on me...  I snapped this picture and got out of there...

We ended our barnyard experience with some time in the bouncy barn!

Our day did not end with the farmyard... we thought maybe it would be fun to see how the kids could ride a big bike with no training wheels!  Nick helped Conner and Papa helped Ben!  It was great to see them trying so hard, but they are going to need those training wheels for a while!  Nick and Papa got a little work out running and trying to keep the bikes from toppling over!

 



Windy Sunday!

We started off Sunday morning with some games and got in a little swimming before the wind picked up and made it not too pleasant to be out on the lake!

Whew, our boys need a nap!

After dinner, Mama made fondue with the kids and then they got to make their own stuffed animals!  Great activities for an evening best spent inside the cabin!

Conner, Ben, and our nieces, Jennifer and Mikayla show off their new additions!

Friday and Saturday...

Every year we travel to Minnesota for a week of vacation with Nick's family! We arrived at Lake Florida in Spicer, MN on Friday, June 8!  We were definitely all ready to be out of the car and after some quick unpacking, we all headed outside to enjoy the beautiful weather!  The boys insisted on swimming first and then they rode bikes!  They were too excited for words!  They just jumped right into the water and showed no fear!  (By the end of our week, I had hundreds of pictures, so I will try to include the most fun ones here!)

On Saturday, it was another gorgeous day so we did a little bit of everything at the resort!  The boys' favorite was definitely swimming, but a close second was fishing, and an even closer third was getting to ride the big bikes!

Oh so tired at the end of the day!  But what a fabulous day!!!!



Here We Come...

Okay Spicer, Minnesota.. here we come... in about 7 hours...

Tomorrow!

Oh my goodness.. these two are ready for vacation! They can't wait to get to Minnesota to do some fishing and swimming!  I think what I am looking forward to most about going on vacation is that I won't have to answer the question "When are we going on vacation?!" anymore...about every three and a half minutes, one of them asks me again and each time I tell them how many days we have left.  Finally I can tell them "Tomorrow, we are going tomorrow!!!"

Ready.. or not...

Nevermind all the preparations and packing we still have to do for our Minnesota vacation, the boys are ready to go!