Cabin Fun

This past weekend we had a "family reunion". My brother lives in Arkansas so we only get to see these guys once a year. Audrey's parents let us use their cabin for the weekend and we had a wonderful time. It was a little chilly and rained from time to time, but we still had so much fun!

We rode the 4-wheelers.

Samuel was able to "catch" a fish. He was so excited, especially after our failed attempt the past weekend. We usually just release the fish, but Samuel was really interested in eating the fish. (He's a very picky eater so this was a little miracle). Chuck cooked the fish and Samuel did try one little bite.

Fishing in grandpa's boat.

Audrey spotted this tree house from the road and it quickly became one of the kids favorite spots. Samuel loved going to the "magical tree house".

The kids also loved to ride the 4-wheelers to the swing set.

Brady and Audrey's girls love to play pretend. It was so funny because Kayla was the princess, Savannah was the dutchess and Bella was the castle robber. That's right, the only princess Bella really knows is princess Leia, Star Wars is very popular at our house, so instead of being a princess she was the robber. Later Kayla said Bella could be the princess's sister.

At night after the kids went to bed we played the Wii. Trina and I couldn't figure out why we were so bad at all the Wii fit games until we realized when the game was calibrated for the big boys it didn't work so well when we tried to play. At least we finally figured out the problem instead of thinking we were just total losers! The boys stayed up so late playing every night.

At of course we ate and ate and ate some more. Too many goodies were on hand!

Fishing & Swimming

We've been enjoying the beautiful summer weather the past few weekends. The nice thing about having kids that wake up around 6:00 a.m. is that we are ready and out of the house to begin our adventures very early. In fact we usually show up at places on Saturday mornings and no one else is around. We love this! We get in and out before it gets too hot and busy.

Samuel has been wanting to go to this fishing pond for so long. He was very excited about trying to catch a fish.

This was Isaac trying out the lure on himself - don't worry it doesn't have a hook on it!

Isaac was just making me laugh because he tries so hard to copy what the other kids are doing.

Bella with daddy's pole. It's just a little big for her!

So we didn't have much luck on this trip. Samuel was having a fit because he didn't catch a fish. He did get one strike and Chuck tried to help him get it in, but it got away. Uncle Brady would have been giving the lecture on setting the hook! I got this lecture from him countless times growing up!!

This weekend we took the kids to the lake. Isaac's been getting a little better with the water. He really enjoyed playing in the water and the mud.

This is what happens when your husband is a Civil Engineer with an emphasis in Water Systems - he brings a big shovel and bucket to the lake to build a sand castle and canal to float a toy boat to the lake. This is the boys getting started on the big project.

More digging.

Even Isaac got in on the digging action.

Now everyone, but me, was digging. I was content to sit in my chair and take pictures. I sure wish I had brought a book and my nice camera - this project took quite awhile!

Building the canal to the lake.

Filling up the castle with water and watching the boat make it's way to the water.

Success!

They floated the boat several times to the lake then slowly destroyed the creation. Chuck was teaching Samuel all about erosion, deposition and sedimentation. Chuck just loves the science of water and apparently so does Samuel!