Staycation, Part III

More boating, beach time, tubing, toad hunting, fireworks and a thunderstorm finished up our time at the cabin.

Playing On The Beach
Fun In The Sun
Sandy Beach
Hammock Set-Up Complete!
4th Of July Boat Parade
Dressed Up For The 4th
Family Photo
Papa And Sophia
Papa And Sophia ~ Outtake
Red, White And Blue Jell-O Dessert
Sparkler
Toad-eee
Dos Toads
Are You Lookin' At Me?
Fireworks Over The Lake
Fireworks
Fireworks

Dark clouds were in the distance when we took the pontoon down the lake to watch the fireworks.  While we were waiting for the show to begin, heat lightning started to light the sky.  The heat lightning became more intense, the fireworks started and despite the great display, we realized that we needed to head back to the cabin.  In the dark, with lightning flashing to help light our way, Tom drove the pontoon safely, but quickly,  back to the cabin.  While I took the kids inside, Mike and his parents got the pontoon under the boat cover, put all of the beach items away and made it into the cabin just before the downpour began.

Staycation, Part II

Day two of our vacation was spent with more beach time, boating, fishing, s’mores and sparklers.

Just After Sunrise
Wild Flowers
Ducks
Large Mouth ~ The Fish, Not Mike
Big Sunny
S'mores
Yummy!
Finger Lickin' Good
Somebody Get The Girl A Napkin
End Of The Night Sparklers

Staycation

We are in the midst of another busy work week, but are feeling a bit more refreshed after being off from work last week.  We didn’t have big plans for our vacation.  We merely wanted to spend time with no set schedule, sleep in, hang out and relax.  A few highlights of our time off include a short trip to Tom & Karen’s cabin, Sebastian’s Little League game, a Huskies baseball game, some time in our small backyard pool and lots of play time.  I have all of the photos uploaded to our Flickr site, but will try to post some of them here in the next few days.

Here’s how we spent day one at the cabin.

Swimming Lesson For Sophia
Just Keep Swimmin'
Way To Go
Cannonball!
Cannonball!!
Cannonball!!!
Cannonball!!!!
Splashdown
Big Splash
Sebastian The Turtle Hunter
Turtle Close Up
Be Free!
Back To The Wild
Relaxing!

We spent three nights at the cabin and went through a lot of sunscreen.  Highlights from the next few days coming soon…