School starts tomorrow, which means summer is over in this household. We have been soaking up every last moment, especially enjoying time at our local lakes with recent warm temperatures.
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| Swimming at Starbuck Beach in Lake Minnewaska. |
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| Daddy is so much fun! |
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| Dane wanted to play some tennis nearby. |
Later this evening, Ben and Jen camped along Lake Minnewaska, and we enjoyed supper with them around a campfire. We also walked to the local Dairy Queen for a treat.
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| The following day, Grampy and Grammy invited many friends to enjoy the day at their lake home. I didn't take too many pictures, but everybody enjoyed the lake! |
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| Dad and his closest brother Brian went for a canoe ride. |
This week, we went to Elk Lake four different days. The beach is always so much fun.
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| Today, the kids found this baby snapping turtle in the lake. |
Dane learned to swim very well recently and started going off the diving board without a life jacket a week ago!
Today, he went for his first solo kneeboard ride and did great. I was in the water getting him started, and Daddy was driving the boat, so there are no photos or videos of this milestone.
We and 226,000+ others braved the heat and the crowds to take in the "Great Minnesota Get Together" on Saturday. We met Mike's siblings and their families, and I must admit it was quite a challenge to keep all 13 of us together in the crowd!
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| Zach and Dane walking the midway. |
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| Nora was happy to have cotton candy! |
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| These cookies were so delightful- fresh from the oven! |
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| The streets were seas of people. |
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| A cutie and her cone. |
I am becoming a morning person. There is something about the promise of a new day that makes me so grateful. The skies this morning were so beautiful and misty that I couldn't resist taking a slew of pictures during my bike ride.
Mike and the kids went walking through some of the pasture this morning and discovered a few wild plum trees. I had Nora lead me back to them so we could pick a few.
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| She looks so grown up here... |
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| This way, Momma... |
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| Success! |
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| A beautiful view of our barn from near the newly discovered plum trees. |
Farewell, summer! You will be missed until next year!
