We returned home from our vacation in Hayward, Wisconsin a week ago.  We spent the last several days getting caught up with yard work, house work, office work and photo editing work.  We took a lot of pictures while we were gone and many more when we returned.  We attended a Huskies baseball game the day we got back and Mike took an extra two days off from work this week with the kids because our daycare was closed through Wednesday.  They spent one of the days at Park Point Beach and the other at home playing games and cooling off in our small pool.

Here’s a Part I of how we spent our vacation.

Day One

We checked in late in the afternoon to our rental cabin and spent most of our time unpacking and getting situated.  The past two years we’ve been on Lac Courte Oreilles, but this year we rented a larger cabin on Round Lake.  It had plenty of space, lots of windows, a great deck and a fabulous view.

Big Windows, Big View
Big Deck
Lake View

 

We made a quick pasta dinner, got the boat in the lake at a nearby boat landing and then made a fire in the fire pit.  We brought supplies for s’mores and enjoyed the only cool evening all week.

Fire By The Lake
Bonfire
Roasting Marshmallows
Group Shot
The Girls
The Perfect S’more

 

Day Two

Since the day was sunny and warm we enjoyed the lake by swimming, boating and playing in the water.  We headed into town late in the day to pick up a week’s worth of groceries, but then headed back for more time at the cabin.

Throughout the week, toads and frogs would make their way onto the deck where the kids’ water shoes were drying.  They would hop inside the shoes for protection and enjoyed the wet shoes so much they would stay until morning when the kids would empty them out again.

Tom Toad

 

With no dishwasher at the cabin, the kids became the dishwasher during our stay.

Manual Labor
Happy And Sad

 

Day Three

Another day of sun and 80 degree temperatures kept us near the water most of the day.  We picked up a water basketball game on our trip into town the day before.  Mike and Sebastian got a chance to try it out.

Shooting Hoops
Going Up For The Slam Dunk

 

A break from the game…

Floating Around
Relaxing

 

Daphne found a way to stay cool too.  Fetch in the lake.

Fetch

 

And since water basketball wasn’t enough, the guys tried water football.

Jumping Up For The Pass
Catch
Caught!

 

Enjoying some watermelon on the deck.

Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest
Yum!

 

After a long day, both Daphne and Sophia were worn out.

Tuckered Out

 

A random wild flower.

Purple Bloom

 

The end of the evening brought a near full moon.

Moon

 

Part II will be posted tomorrow…hopefully.

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