CRAZY WEEK!!!

Well my sister Kristin and her hubby went to Whistler (Canada) for the week, so Ben and I moved into their house to watch Lukey and Ava! :) (Logan and Mitty are in WI with Kyle's parents) It has been very fun! My parents ended up taking Ava to the cabin for the weekend which was so great! Matthew and Ava are so much like siblings... they love each other so much but they fight like you wouldn't believe! So it has been much more quiet with little Ava gone. My mom came back on Monday with Ava so I could work and stayed the night on Monday... it was SOOO chaotic! But my parents left tonight and took Ava with them for the remainder of the week. So we have only really had Lukey! He is so incredibly cute and such a good boy! But he is on the move! We don't get much down time! They get back on Saturday so we have a few more days to go!

Last weekend was Rivertown Days in Hastings so here are a few pics! The parade went right past Michael and Mary's so we had great seats!! Here is Matthew with my mom!

And here are the kids watching the action! We had brunch at the country club before the parade with Connor and Cullen and my parents... Matthew loves it there because he can go out and watch the golfers!

Weekend in Lake City at the Willows...

We spent the weekend in Lake City but not at the cabin, which was really weird! My mom had her 45th year class reunion! Can you believe that? So she and my dad were staying at the Willows... you can see it behind my mom and I in the picture below. They ended up getting a 2 bedroom condo and invited us down on Satuday! It was great! The weather was GORGEOUS! My dad was golfing with some of my mom's classmates (he graduated the year before her so he knows all the guys) so my mom, Ben, Matthew and I went to Oak Center to this really cute shop and then just hung out at the condo. They went to the reunion that night and Ben and I took Matthew for a walk to grab dinner. It was so nice and relaxing! Sunday we got up and drove down through Wisconsin to Prescott to Muddy Waters which is right on the river. I love weekends!!!!

Matthew had a great time throwing rocks into the river! I think he would have stayed there all day if we would have let him.

Blowing in the wind!

July 4, 2008 at the cabin

We had so much fun at the cabin for the 4th! The party was a blast and everyone had a great time! Again, it is hard to get back in the swing of normal life! "Cabin life" is WAYYY better and so much more fun!! Below are Matthew and Kennedy just maxin' and relaxin'!

Here are some of us girls... Jaci, Ann, Mary, Mary and ME! This is literally the ONLY photo of me from the 4th :)

Here are a bunch of the kids with fireworks... no fingers were lost! WE had a great view of fireworks, there were at least 4 different displays that we saw from the beach!

Another memorable day at the cabin! I have so many great memories here! The cabin was built by my grandparents when my dad was 4 or 5 years old, so I have grown up here and I think that makes it even better. It is so fun to watch Matthew explore and he loves it as much as we do! We are very lucky!!

Happy 4th of July!

We are off to the cabin for a long weekend! Have a safe and fun 4th of July! :)