Labor Day Week End

Saturday thru Monday of Labor Day weekend we went up North to Kathy and Dale's cabin.  As always it was so relaxing and fun and just a great way to hang out together.  Sunday Sophia got right in a kayak and with a little effort paddled around quite well. I was surprised and impressed to see her jump right in and do so well.

I was equally surprised to see Henry give it a try. It was a little harder for him, but he still well.

Henry and I going for a paddle boat ride.

Then Timmy and I took a float around the pond.

Before our paddle boat ride about 1/2 way to the boat Timmy yells, "I have to go potty!"  Randy and I hollared, "Just go in the tall grass."  Ok," he said, "Nobody look at me!" Then you can see the rest.

Alex and Max also got in the kayaks.

Probably the highlight of the weekend for me was Friday night when all 5 kids played a board game together.  A mom loves to see her kidos getting along. After that game, on Friday and then again on Saturday Max and Alex played two very long games of the Farming Game.

Here's Tim on Aunt Kathy and Uncle Dale's tractor.  With a barn full of vehicles to pretend to drive on, rocks to move and a car jack to play with, Tim, Henry and especially Luke kept busy for hours on end.

There's always crickets to chase, dragonflies to watch and fish to see while at the cabin.  And this time we saw two caterpillars.  Sophia and I worked together to get some pictures of the little guys.

Make no mistake we took time to just relax! Ahh.

The highlight for the boys though, was swimming in the pond.  The smiles were huge and the swimming went on for a long time as they had a great time puttering around the pond together.  Here's Timmy just warming up as he walks out to Randy and Lukey kayaking.

Max walking on water, thanks to a little help from the big rock.

Henry and Timmy paddleing around with their life jackets on.

Alex and Max enjoying the pond.

While the boys swam Sophia got a ride on the golf cart from Uncle Dale,

and played bean bags with Aunt Kathy,

and hung out with Daddy. (Excuse the shorts that look like underwear, it was just such a good pic. otherwise of the two of them together, I wanted to post it anyway.)