Day 3 Up North

Another day of perfection.  Jogging/rollerblading on a quiet trail.

A game of catch before eating dinner.

Delicious food where waaaay tooooo much was consumed in one sitting!

Hanging out with family.

While trying to stay cool.

The day ends with a another fishing trip.

Every time we go out on the boat, it seems we have herons flying overhead.

This boy loves going barefoot.

Uncle Roger took his girls out fishing, too.  There might have been taunts, teases and promises tossed between our two boats.

Itty bitty dragonflies liked the fishing rod.

As sunset moved in, we headed back to the dock.

We constantly ask how we can make these days last longer.  All of the fun and relaxing passes us by too fast!

Day 2 Up North

The morning started off with a run (or Todd ran and I rollerbladed next to him) along the trail that used to be railroad tracks.

 

We had a boy patiently waiting for us to get back so we could go out fishing.

 

He couldn't wait to help lower the boat.

 

Dragonflies hung out on our rods.

We waited patiently for fish to jump on our lines.

We had happy captains.

With a beautiful view.

Life doesn't get much better than this.

Long leggity beasties flew overhead.

And we fished some more.

Some of us take a more laid back approach to fishing that others.

First Day Up North

And we made sure we got out on the boat under gorgeous blue skies!

The fish weren't biting much, but someone got to drive Papa's boat!

Bungy Jumping, Laser Tag and Bumper Cars

On this afternoon, we went back to the House of  Bounce to meet up with some friends in Rochester.  The kids jumped a little in the bounce houses, but wanted to do other things this time.  Like wearing big vests and playing laser tag.

And getting hooked up to bungee cords and jumping to the ceiling while doing flips.

Then they wanted to do the floating bumper cars.

Can you tell they had fun?  :)

We Have a Biker in the Family

This was the first long trip we took with Chloe riding her new bike.  It started with a few practice rounds in Grandma Vicki's driveway/parking area.

Chloe did GREAT at keeping her balance and turning in either direction!

Once Owen and Grandma Vicki were ready, we took off and Chloe led the way out of the neighborhood and down a hill.

We stopped and waited every once in awhile to let Grandma and Owen catch up.  They were having deep conversations about reading and schoolwork.

Chloe really liked going fast and far, but would stop and wait for me to catch up.

She was just posing for a picture.  Her helmet was in the grass behind me.  :)

Owen was excited to use Mommy's camera to take a picture of all the girls.  I had a flower tucked behind my ear that the kids picked for me.

We walked down the steps to the little river flowing through Rochester and the kids liked sticking their hands in the water.

One of my little flower pickers.

We were in a tunnel under a main street while walking/biking down the bath.  The kids liked sliding down the sloped side.

Todd had been out playing tennis and met us at a pizza restaurant for lunch, which was just on the other side of that tunnel.

Later in the day, we drove out to Lakeville so Kelley could photograph a couple of guys and their new house (she bartered her photography skills for their graphic design skills to make her a new business logo).  While she went on her photo shoot, the kids rode their bikes and roller bladed around the little pond in the neighborhood.