A weekend get-away

We had the opportunity to head to the lake this weekend and we enjoyed the cabin all to our self. CJ joined us for the weekend and we enjoyed boating, tubing, fireworks on the lake, meeting up on the water with MJ & JB.

It was a wonderfully relaxing weekend....that is until we got back to the cabin and were getting ready to leave on Sunday and we have a nasty note from Grandma H. Basically the note said that it cost her extra money to have extra people up there, she has someone who wants to use her tiller so we need to bring it to her house. Needless to say Mr. C & I were livid and extremely upset by this note. We always help at the cabin and make sure to clean up after ourselfves and yes we did not ask if it was okay to CJ join us for the weekend, but it was a late last minute decision on Friday evening. When we got back from the lake we went swimming at the parents pool and discussed the note with them.  We are going to give Grandma H money for using the cabin for the weekend and Mr. C was going to drop the tiller at her house on Monday and we are done with going to the cabin for a while. If we do go to the lake we will find another place to stay.

Lake Bound for Memorial Day weekend

So after spending the afternoon getting us all ready to go, we were lake bound by 4:30PM on Thursday!! Mr. C was going to be working not that far from the cabin on Friday so that is why we got to head up there early and enjoy an extra day at the lake!!

Once we arrived and unpacked a few things...Lil Miss was checking out the golf cart.

On Friday Lil Miss C and i got our boat all cleaned up and ready for the weekend, relaxed and played while waiting for the others to begin arriving for the weekend. She was so close to walking around in daddy's shoes.

Friday evening we set up our tent and enjoyed everyone's company as they arrived for the weekend. Saturday and Sunday we enjoyed lots of swimming, boating and good company. Lil Miss C loved being in the lake water.

and got used to being on the boat. She didn't like it when we first put the boat on and when we would take the boat off the water. But i think that was because she was hot when we put on the water and just tired when we took off the water. None the less she did amazing palying and being on the boat for the weekend!

We left fairly early on Monday morning so we could get home, do laundry, mow grass, and repack Mr. C as he was going back to the cabin to stay and work the rest of the week. After we got some chores done and Lil Miss C had her nap, we wentover to Mr' C's parents pool and enjoyed swimming and bbqing for the evening.

Happy Memorial Day!

Staycation faircation

I have been helping with out local fair for about 4 years now, last year i decided to take the week off as vacation as well and i did it again this year. The weekend before the fair, Mr. C, lil miss & I headed to the cabin with our boat. Mr. C was doing a side job on Sat, so we were planning to take the boat out after we got done working on Sat and then again on Sunday before heading home. Well we ended up staying Sunday night & he worked again on Monday. We had a wonderfully relaxing weekend on our boat and at the cabin all by ourselfs. We then came home to a busy busy week of volunteering and enjoying the fair.

To end my staycation, we headed to AK's UB's for Sunday Funday pool party. It was a lot of fun.

KBug jumping off the diving board for the first time!

Up close & personal...

Qulaity time with Great Gamma W

It was a wonderful end to my staycation....now its back to work....

A chillly start with a hot hot end

I had vacation days on Thursday & Friday before Memorial Day weekend, although I was off work, they were super busy. Thursday started off with a stop at work for a meeting, then it was off for lil misses 6 months photos, then to her 6 month well check up and then onto a few shops before going to C & J M's to help them load the uhall since they were closing on their house on Friday. Then on Friday lil miss & I spent the morning shopping, grocery & looking for a few things she needed for the weekend, then when Mr. C got home he started on yard work and I started making baby food. I forgot to snap some pictures, but i made squash, pears, and sweet potatoes for lil miss C. It really wasn't that hard, just a little time consuming but i should have enough food for her for almost two weeks!! Then on Saturday morning Mr. C had to work and I got all of our stuff ready to head to the Lake for the rest of the weekend. We got on our way around noonish and about half way there we got stuck in a hail storm for at least 20 mins. It was a chilly afternoon and noone got out on the water, but we enjoyed sitting around a fire and fishing in the pond. Mr. C got a four pld bass from the pond & lil miss got to see her first fish!!! Later on that day he caught a catfish,wish she kissed before he released it back into the pond.

On Sunday the weather was turning around and it was warm enough to get out on the lake. We did not take our boat, so we were riding on Mr. C's parents boat. After we sat through a few rain showers, the sun came out and it was a good day on the water.

This was lil miss's first time on the boat, wearing a life jacket, etc. She did okay but she has some getting used to it to do. We also went out on Monday and she did much better, only time and having her in it will help!

The C Family on the water!

On Monday afternoon, lil miss enjoying the boat with PaPa & Dad.

We got home and bbqed at our house to end our Memorial Day weekend.

4th of July Festivities

We had a fun filled busy weekend for the 4th of July. We went up to the cabin Friday night-Sunday morning. We took the boat out on Saturday and had a blast with our family and friends. Saturday night after eating bbq, our neighbors at the cabin had a huge fireworks display so we went and watched those. On Sunday we visited and left the cabin around noon, i had to be at work at 3:30 so we couldn't stay the whole weekend. So after I worked Mr. C & I watched fireworks and headed home. On Monday since we both had off for the holiday, we worked in our garden and man did it need it. we made some tomato cages and weeded, picked & canned green beans. We picked 2 5 gallon buckets full of green beans, so we had enough for 2 canners full!! A total of 14 quarts! We took a break from the heat before we started snapping beans & canning and took the dogs to the creek for a little swim.

Snaggin on the River

Mr. C loves to fish. About 2 years ago he got into spoonbill fishing. This type of fishing involves snagging. I finally got to see firsthand how he fishes when he goes snagging as I have not yet gotten to join him on a trip. The boat has been to full so far with people who are going to fish. On Mother's day we took a boat ride on the river and he took his snagging pole with him.

Normally they fish in the middle of the river right next to the dam so he didn't catch anything this day but it gave him something to do while waiting for the bbq to be cooked. Hopefully one day i will get to go along and watch him reel one in!