4th of July 2011

We had another fun filled 4th of July weekend up north at the cabin!  We spent most of our first day on the dock soaking up the sun.  Saturday morning Jessi, Nick, Auntie Cathy and I ran the Nisswa Firecracker 10K.  It was a great run with a slip n' slide finish and an ice cold Pabst Blue Ribbon...What more can you ask for?!  Thank goodness the humidity went down, because I think I almost passed out last year when I ran it!  Although, I don't think I sweated any less...Alaina kept saying you sweaty mommy!  Since this was only the second year of the run and I've done it both years, we decided it has to be annual event!  Lets see if I can keep up my pace year after year, this year I was only 6 seconds slower...The rest of the day was spent soaking up the sun, eating lots of good food and drinking ice cold beverages!  Sunday we returned to the dock for more sun, had an awesome turkey dinner, did sparklers with Alaina and finished the night with a boat ride to Cross Lake to watch the fireworks! On the 4th we decided it was time to do some water sports and take a trip to Zorbaz for some yummy pizza!  It took a little bribing to get Alaina in the boat,  but once she did oh boy did she have a blast! (As you'll see in the photos below!) Alaina was not into swimming in the lake this time, but we think with the help of a few more kids she'll be in the water in no time!  Thanks for the great weekend everyone!  We can't wait for out next trip to the cabin!

Notice the haziness in this first pic(the camera lens was all fogged up) - that's how hot and humid it was the first day at the cabin!! 

Thanks for the cute outfit Jessi!

They can sleep anywhere, anytime, any way..notice Mikes leg! : )

Here comes my sweaty betty mommy!!



Jessi  - aka "swamp ass!'



Auntie Cathy



Nick

Here we go!



Ahhh... so refreshing!



PBR time!

Mommy, even though your soaking wet, can we go to the park?

Soaking up the sun, sippin' some juice...ahhh this is the life!

Alaina even got a mani and pedi from Auntie Sarah on the dock!

Alaina's favorite spot at the cabin...swingin in the hammock!

Auntie Cathy is so funny!

Gettin' ready to head to the lake!

Playing red light, green light with Cathy, this time we added a couple bridges to the game! 

Having our morning cup of coffee with grandma and Cathy!

A little fishy!

This is as close I'm getting to this lake!

Hot tub time with PaPa...

Is it time for sparklers yet?

This is fun daddy!

You want one?

I know she'll hate me for this one day... but how could I resist this cute little butt?!

Grandpa sits outside without his shirt on, so why can't I?

Boat trip to Zorbaz!

This is fun...more bumps PaPa!

Yea!!!  I love the boat!

What a great way to end this awesome weekend..trip to Zorbaz on the boat!