A nice break!

Over memorial weekend and extending into the next week we took some time to hang out at the river. Austin finished school (YIPEEE) on the 28th so we were free to stay and celebrate. Since my mom was off work watching Rylan for the week (and taking advantage of it by being up at the river), it made it really easy to want to stay up there too (my dad couldn't resist either so he took off work)! We ended up being up there from Friday the 28th to Thursday June 3rd. We had a blast! There were some really really hot days and some cool days too. We even had a couple days that were absolutely perfect! And it only rained one day-just enough for me to see if there were any leaks in the good ole camper! Everything held up great! The kids all slept really well with Adah having an occasional cry in the night. Daddy even came and stayed one night with us! Keziah really got into playing with Perry and Cindy's kids this year too. She is getting older now and enjoys pretend play a lot-which makes life easier for me! Aside from the occasional bump and bruise, there was nothing major to report! Austin of course had a wonderful time with Joshua. They enjoyed going out in the canoe and fishing across the river from the lots. Austin always looked forward to the night time because Grandpa (my dad) took him out every night fishing until 10/10:30. They would go to an area that entered into the main channel where there was a deep pocket there. They seemed to always come back with some nice sized bass and walleye. And of course if you are going to catch them, you have to clean them...so Austin got a good lesson in filleting! Almost every night we would enjoy a good campfire and an occasional s'more. I tried to let Kezzie stay up about every-other-night (until 9/9:30) We also enjoyed many walks with the kids. Keziah always insisted she walk. We never could understand how she had so much energy to go so far and still press on the rest of the day! She is so full of energy! One of the funniest things that happened that week was after it rained we decided to take a walk after being cooped up from the rain. As you can imagine, there were many puddles along the way. I originally told Kezzie to stay out of the puddles since she had her tennis shoes on, but she just couldn't resist. After not listening one time and getting all wet, I decided to just let go for once and let her get wet and dirty (I knew we were going home the next day). The entire walk she and Austin we jumping in every puddle they could find. She would come to one that wasn't very big and say, "Wook (look) at this one Austin, it's perfec (perfect), it's just my size!" She is so adorable! We got back to the lots and she discovered an huge one to play in. I caught some video of it until she ran off looking for Austin (she loves that kid).

We are truly blessed to have this luxury of a place to get away. I am already looking forward to the next time we can get up there. And as you can imagine...so are the kids!