Red Cabin Adventure

We spent a week in Mt Morris i[n the batty] red cottage.  

The weather was just about perfect -- not too hot, not too humid.  We spent most days in and around the lake.  

We went to the Mill for coffee (and ice cream)!  We also went out for Friday fish, where Sully discovered his love for deep fried perch.  And of course, it wouldn't be complete without a trip to Joe's Fox Hut.  My parents met us there too!  And T got a shirt.  We followed it up with some turtle sundaes at Gillies!

Of course there was a big fireworks show on Thursday to celebrate the 4th.  Super!

Jordy didn't stop swimming for 7 days straight.

We headed up to my parent's place on Friday.  More lake time and fun with the family!  Oh, and 4 wheeler rides!!

Girls day with Harper

Harper and I spent a Friday together.

Her friend joined us at Simply Jane, where we all painted masterpieces.

And we goofed around a little too....

After a pizza party lunch and some Scooby Doo watching, we headed to the off leash dog park with Jordy.

Before we knew it the day was over.  So much fun.

stuck at O'Hare

Storms rolled through Chicago, so I was stuck for 6 hours at ORD.









Luckily they were having fun back in MN without me.

Father's Day weekend

Saturday we hosted a BBQ for a dozen or so of our friends + kids (and one extra dog).  The party started with a downpour, but turned sunny after that.  The kids played, rode bikes, played ping pong.  The adults played ping pong too.  We caught up, talked about summer finally getting started, and ate really good BBQ food.

Overall, it was a good BBQ and great to see so many of our friends as the summer got rolling.  I only took two photos.  ...as I was running around doing other things ...mainly enjoying the time with such great friends.

Sunday the kids and I took T to brunch at The Lowbrow.  The kids enjoyed the etcha-sketches.  And we all enjoyed our pancakes (except T, who ordered jalapeno hash).

Summer had finally arrived and brought with it hot weather.  So we all grabbed our swimsuits and spent some time cooling down at the local pool.

Later that day, T and I rode our bikes to the falls.  We capped off the day (or at least T did) with a root beer float + bacon fat gingersnap.  Yum!

Cabin weekend

Since I missed my parents over Memorial Day weekend, we decided to head to their place for a weekend.  We arrived in time to grab perch at Billy Timbers in Summit Lake.

Jordy discovered Jackson's old tennis ball ...and the pines.

On Saturday we trekked up to Rhinelander and golfed at Northwoods.  The day got nicer as it progressed.  I don't remember is my golf game did too.

Rounding out the weekend were four wheeler rides and a campfire.  Probably a game or two of scratch!

business as usual

Harper and I went to an outdoor yoga class.  She was unusually excited about going.  ...ok, maybe I was too.

T's work had a movie night at a local theater.  It was the first movie Sully has been to in a theater.  He great until the popcorn ran out.  Then he wanted to go home.  Ha ha.  Harper was happy since two of her buddies joined her.  They ate lots of popcorn and dots!

Our garden started producing in early June -- radishes and spinach.  I ate several salads that I probably wouldn't have eaten otherwise.  And I made up a pesto recipe to use up some spinach.

The school year ended -- first grade and pre-school are over.  

because he is Jordy, part 2

He loves that orange toy so much.