Day 5 - Still Alive

This day, the boys went out fishing with a guide in the morning and we went shopping the afternoon. I forgot to mention also on day 4 we shopped Pequot Lakes and Day 5 (the one for today) we shopped Crosslake in the afternoons. Pequot is starting to fall off the shopping map. There are a handful of stores that make it shopable, but not much left from when we started going up there 5 years ago. We had much more success in Cross!!!

Most of these pics are just lounging on the beach. Auntie Meg brought up some cool non-popping bubbles to play with too.

Fun Bubbles 4-D

Bubbles Day 4-C

Here's the start of bubble night. The boys got to try their hand at it too!

Day 4-B

These are just some family pics from Day 4 that I liked. Katie and her camera...video or digital...are a constant. Meg and Adee "nuggle time" was pretty regular too since Adee didn't sleep too well up there, Katie and Kile on the Beach and Papa on the dock.

Day 4- 4 Part Day

I took a LOT of pictures on Day 4 because we had a lot of beach time. In the morning, the boys went out fishing with Katie and Darin's friend Doug and we had the kids. By afternoon, it was finally warm enough for some swimming time (and by warm enough I mean air temp, not water temp...it was FREEZING!). I love taking pics of the kids swimming. In one of the pics you will notice Adrienne has pine cones in her had...she has a bit of an obsession with them! I'm short Zacky pictures of this part of the day because he ACTUALLY took a nap!

But in the evening it was giant bubble time before bed. Zack was more than ready! Grandma got them each goggles to keep the soap out of their eyes...This is going to take 4 posts because I have 20 "good" pics from Day 4...sorry...

A Day at The Lake- Part 3

We packed a lot into Day 3. We had some beach time in the morning, some fishing and lounging on the dock time, and a treasure hunt on the beach and then the highlight of any Wednesday in Nisswa, the turtle races! Riley and Zack both raced this year (Riley is TECHNICALLY not old enough...they have to be 3 years old to race, but if Zack was going to do it...Riley is close enough!) They LOVED it! Riley's turtle is the one in the head of this pic. Unfortunately that was just one of the sides of the turtle ring and some other turtle crossed the line first...but she didn't care. We had a great time!

We also squeezed in some family boat time. Josh spent a good deal of time fishing from the canoe, but we got him to take us out with Roo with no fishing pole before the next storm hit in the evening.

Lake Hubert - Day 2

Day 2 of our trip meant the girls got to go shopping in Nisswa while the boys had the kids most of the day. Shopping in Nisswa is one of my favorite things to do. I did better in Crosslake this year, but I still helped the local economy where I could:)

A little background about where we stay. There are two camps on the lake: a boys camp and a girls camp. Every day the girls camp has sailing lessons so we get to see the beautiful sail boats at least twice a day. Love it! Also, I caught all of two fish this week...this is the only one who was photo worthy. And Kiley...well she's into EVERYthing now! And she hasa crazy knack for going straight for things she shouldn't...sea shells and rocks in the mouth, toys with small parts, puzzels, etc. She is also crawling like a bandit:)