Lake Days

For our final getaway this summer took us to a beautiful little lake resort in Montana. The water was so warm. One unicorn short of a fairy tale.

 Picturesque

The boys hanging out on the dock.

Misty mornings

One of my favorite pictures. Oh to be a kid again.

On the boat

Brad wakeboarding. This picture actually shows the color of the lake.

My awesome wake boarding skills :/

Breanna on the EZ ski she just loved this!!

Brad surfing behind the boat-now he just needs to let go of the rope!

One of the hilights of our trip was watching these two wrestle all the time. They took it very seriously but I couldn't stop laughing. They had a point system-2 points for getting your opponent on his back, 1 point for getting him on his stomach. 

The kids did this for hours and hours. Breanna especially could hardly wait to take her turn.

Afton being a good sport as always.

Maybe he spent too much energy fanning the fire with his frisbee?

And the living is easy...

Tinfoil dinners-the only way to go. Let me share: frozen hamburger patties or chicken (I like bone-in chicken breast) lots of cut up veggies (I prefer sliced carrots, parsnips, onions and broccoli-also I try to prep the veggies before I go). Spread some cream of mushroom soup on the bottom and top it with everything, add some seasoning (BBQ mesquite, steak spice, whatever) wrap in tinfoil and stick it in the fire. Gourmet! :)

Another cute one of the boys.

The final day we stopped at the waterslides. Afton loved the pool-special time with Momma. Here she is jumping-jumping jumping is Afton's favourite thing to do.

 Jesse had so much fun doing the waterslides all by himself. Breanna also loved them. She said: "I LOVED it!"

Stopped here on the way home. One time, and one time only.

Old News

This is old news. We went camping. But I have to blog about it and here's some pictures, in no particular order...

Sometimes you happen upon a most magical place, and this was it for us! A little stream, with a puddle right by our campsite, open space and lots of trees!

The first night we hiked bear's hump. Breanna walked up the whole way. I get so nervous up there especially with strong wind. I prayed and prayed for no wind but alas-the first night was so windy it broke our tent poles and Brad and I didn't sleep one wink. But honestly? It made for good memories now that I look back on it!

Afton's such a trooper, she wouldn't go to bed alone in the tent so she waited until after dark every day to go to bed with the other kids. She was always the first one up, would look over at Mom and Dad and say "hi!" with a big smile. It might make you tired to think about having a toddler while camping but she was happy and cute the whole trip.

It may just be cheerios but when you're camping it's gourmet!

We hiked up to Bertha Lake with the kids. I had to hold a napping Afton for the first while. Someone was always carrying a child. It was a lot of work but so worth the memory. We saw this bear on the way up. I was holding Breanna's hand and noticed it right beside the pathway, I could have petted it but didn't. This is when it had moved down the hill a bit.

We went geocaching and we are officially no longer muggles. We love it!

Brad's family showed up for a couple of nights and we had some beautiful weather and swimming in the lake.

Proof: Brad swam in the lake. This is my favorite picture :)

No Bears are Out Tonight! Best camping game ever. Brad makes a scary bear!

Chilling by the fire. The first couple of nights we were with our friends the Heningers. My favorite moments were sitting out here on windless nights after the kids were all in bed and talking and looking at the millions of stars. 

What camping is all about.

Bear has to get in the water too.

Big mistake. Candy before the drive home.

When camping was over we headed to Taber for a fun pool party in Grandma's back yard.

Then got to eat the first corn of the year! True Taber blood here!!