Up north

We took a little trip up north during Christmas break (Ryan has almost as much time off as I do - yay!), and it was nice to be at the cottage and play in some SNOW for a couple of days! We haven't had much snow at home this year, yet. On our drive up, Taylor kept saying, "we go to the cottage? we going to the cottage, mama? That's kinda fun!" :o)

When we arrived, Taylor walked in the cottage, looked out front towards the lake...

and saw this....

and she asked, "Where's the cottage? Where'd the cottage go?" :o) We tried to explain that the cottage is the house, and the dock is just put away for the winter. :)

The lake is very, very low - it is only inches deep where the hoist is usually positioned, and the whole cove looks quite different with the extended beach.

We went for walks along the frozen shore

Checked out the chess board in the front yard of a cottage in our cove

Took Taylor sledding for the first time at a nearby golf course

(Ry and I took an "anniversary" run together :))

Camryn only watched the fun this year :)

Had cozy moments inside...reading books

And watching movies...

And even though you can't tell it is snowing in this picture, Taylor was quite excited by the pretty snowflakes that were falling when we left the restaurant after dinner tonight....

Love being able to have somewhere to go to have a little getaway sometimes! We heart the cottage!