Weekend Fun at The Shack

We took a quick trip up to Buck's Lake on Saturday!! My parents have some property up there where they're building a weekend getaway spot! I call it "The Shack". You'll see why in a couple minutes! We had a quick lunch in the trailer before heading down to the creek that runs below The Shack.
In a normal July, the girls would be in shorts and wading through the cold mountain water.

Wait, scratch that. In a "normal" July, the creek would probably barely be running.However, it was a very long winter around here... so we get to enjoy the rippling brook for awhile longer!

Even the doggies had a good time!

They had fun finding critters! I think they were looking at helgramites here..

I don't know why I try and get a good picture of the three of them anymore... this is what I end up with!

Momma: "Emma, you've never looked so much like your dad, before!" lol

Daddy and Red had a little "Battle of the super loose tooth" by the crik.

"Come on!!!!" Dad whined when she refused to give in!

Brenna ended up winning this round!

In case you were wondering, Brooklyn is still our family clown!

We made our way up to The Shack after a bit.
Notice the snow still on the ground!
*IN* July!

And here ya have it... The Shack!
It actually kind of embarrasses me.
I mean, it's way too small for any of the family to crash in...
it's completely run down... it's an absolute... well, shack.
I shiver to think of having to sleep in there... I'd almost rather take my chances in the tent with the bears!

Just a peek of the inside... I don't imagine there's much they're gonna be able to do to turn this thing around. The sheer smallness of it doesn't leave much room for improvement.

So after we took our chances looking around The Shack, we headed over to the lake!
It's so pretty and full right now!
We just wanted a nice quiet spot to let the girls play in/near the water... and this was perfect!
Daddy borrowed Poppa's fishing pole and threw in a line here and there.

Emma had a blast playing *near* the water. It still wasn't quite warm enough for them to go crazy in the water.

The wind would blow for a minute and then let up. Then it'd blow some more. The sun would hide and then come back out. It was beautiful and oh-so relaxing!And then Daddy caught a fish!!!

A German Brown, to be exact! Lookit Brenna trying to make you think she thinks it's gross... she totally KISSED that fish!! I'm sure the fish found extreme comfort in Brenna's kiss as it... well, you know.

And look who else kissed the fish! Blech!

We caught two fish altogether! IF I had my fishing license, I *probably* would have caught the second one and it *probably* would have been bigger than his! *wink wink*

We definitely need to go back up soon!!! It's too close and too relaxing and too fun to ignore the beauty any longer!!! Must. go. back!

Weekend in Review

I know you're dying to know how our weekend went, so instead of waiting until you ask, I'm just gonna save you the trouble!

Friday night we (my lovin' man & I) found ourselves with one child. The youngest one. The two older girls roped Grammy and Poppi into another sleepover.

So we did the most exciting and wonderful thing ever!!!

We stayed in. Out of the heat. And vegged. With only 1 child!

It was Heavenly!

Saturday, since I was almost childless, Emma and I got up and did the grocery shopping.

We made a quick trip to Michael's to pick up some yarn and then headed for the SUPER Wal Mart. 3 hours later and all the shopping done, we headed home.

I made some "oh-so-yummy" BLT's for my Lovin' Man and me as I put away the groceries and then took a nice lil nap! Having one child is awfully time-freeing... is it too late to go back!? (OF COURSE I JEST!!!)

So, after my lil nap, I come downstairs to find the girls have returned - and we picked up another mouth to feed - my awesome nephew Cole! They were watching Lovin' Man play the Wii so I started in to the kitchen to whip up some "shoe lace onion rings".

I was just cutting up the onions when I received a phone call from my Sis (Auntie Kell). She was headed up to the lake - to a houseboat - and wanted to know if we wanted to come up....

Hmmm... Lemme think on that one for just a minute...

one-oh-something degrees outside... cooped up kids... no body of water here... huge (debatable) body of water there... Hmmmm... lemme think....

We dropped everything and ran!!!

These pictures are in random order, but I think you'll get the idear!

EmmyLou sittin' on Auntie Kell's lap - w/ a pretzel stickin out of her mouth

Emma in her lifevest... ready to go! She had been up to the houseboat with Kelly before and was SO READY to get back on it!

Emma munchin' on another pretzel

There were ducks on the other side!

She was making sure no one was paying attention to her as she inched towards the controls!

Half of the "crew" in the water... you'll notice I let this one slip in there - even though I'm in it!

This is my awesome nephew, Cole.

Brooklyn - maxin' & relaxin!

Brooklyn - getting tightened by Daddy...

(sidenote: Brooklyn failed to mention to mom and dad BEFORE swimming that she was having some ear pain! Can you guess what she was in severe pain from at the end of the night!?)

Here's Red... she loved it, too!

Talk about fun! Brenna had a load of it!

And my favorte - prolly 'cause it involves a lil hiney cheek!

(funny story: Mommy couldn't find Emma's swimming diapers, but figured it wouldn't matter since we were going to the lake, so she just went in like a big girl. We didn't notice any potty times outside of the water... Until, that is, Daddy went to change her when we were leaving and out popped a couple of treasures! LoL Right into his lap! LOL!)

I don't want to leave out Sunday, because Sunday was AWESOME! We went to church. Normally that's awesome enough, but a married couple were baptised and joined the church!!! Awesome way to spend a Sunday!

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Stella B Designs also had a stellar weekend on Etsy! I think that the $10 beanie sales are a keeper!

I have a new item I'm needing feedback on - it will be up on the Stella B Designs blog soon!