What do you get when you add 6 adults, 1 tween, 3 toddlers, 2 babies (and another one on the way) in a 4 bedroom, 1 bath cabin? A lot of great memories!
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| Our weekend home. |
Every summer we take one long weekend trip with our good friends, the Fravels and Zeisels. In 2010 we tented it at a campground. We decided to stay in a cabin in 2011 in Hayward, MN. This year we found a private house off a lake in Maple Lake, MN, that suited our needs quite well. Of course there was the downside of having only one bathroom, especially with 3 potty training toddlers, but it actually turned out to be less of an issue than we had anticipated. I'm already excited for our weekend in 2013!
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| The whole group. |
We left Friday afternoon and returned Monday afternoon. We ate a lot, swam, played, ate some more, had s'mores and hotdogs around the campfire, played, swam, and ate a lot more. In fact, we ate all of our yummy munchies, so the guys made a snack run on Sunday.
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| Family photo (plus Jackson in the background). |
You'd think with having that many young kids in a small space would produce a lot of drama, but luckily the weekend was relatively peaceful. We all enjoyed our time with good friends.
Here is our 2012 weekend in pictures.
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| Our first meal. |
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| My best friends, Ann and Tara. |
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| Jules fishing off the dock. |
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| The toddlers take turns fishing. |
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| Spenc refused help. |
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| The "babies." Bryson is technically a toddler at 15 months, but he's still a baby to me. |
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Testing out the bunk bed. It'll definitely be a few years before he gets that privilege...
although we did say good-bye to the pack 'n play and hello to a Cars air mattress. |
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| Going on a paddle boat ride. |
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| The toddlers pulling in the boat. |
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| Poor Bryson was not a happy camper all weekend. |
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| Ann and I worked off all our snacking. |
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| Tara at week 33 of her pregnancy. Someone is always pregnant and/or nursing in our group. |
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| Briella was in love with the pink floatie. |
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| Being tossed in the air. |
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| We all enjoyed the slide! |
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| Dave catching Jason. |
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| My boys LOVE Julia. |
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| Sipping juice with my best friend. |
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| I have a picture of Spencer in a Summer Shandy box as a baby, so I just couldn't resist this. |
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| More Julia-lovin'. |
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| Cotton candy farmer, apparently. |
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| Tara and Jason. |
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| The girls. |
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| The last breakfast. |
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| Ann being silly with the self-timer on the camera. |
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| Time to go home. |
