Lake House day...the theme of the summer!

Spending our time by water was definitely a BIG theme this summer!

The beauty of summer is the ability to do fun things, any day of the week! On a Thursday, I took the girls down to Mem's Lake house for the day - and we got to put out the new Water Mat that was delivered. The neighbors mat was so much fun, that Mem got one of her own for us to enjoy! Fun!

 The box for the water mat made a fun fort!!

Lambie goes to Mt. Pisgah :D

Lambie (Camryn's favorite, absolutely adored little lovie that she got from Paul and Mary Margaret when she was born) has been on quite a few adventures this summer. :) Camryn and Taylor have taken Lambie for walks, she has different outfits for different occasions, she takes naps, goes on drives with us in her car seat...it has been quite a summer for this little stuffed animal.

The girls and I decided to go to Mt. Pisgah one morning, and Lambie came along! It was really quite cute, and Lambie got quite a few compliments on her shoes. ;-)

 Little shoes!

Lake Charlevoix with the Parkers

We were able to plan a long weekend with Jeff and Jen's family up north again this year!

Our family went up from Tuesday morning until Sunday afternoon, and Jeff's family arrived Friday morning. :)

For the first three days, my friend Geena (who loves CrossFit as much as I do) joined us at the cottage!  It was fun to have her there to play with the girls, hang out with, and have some fun fitness with - including dropping into Crossfit Charlevoix, running at Avalanche Mountain, and even just creating a literal garage workout in the driveway. We got to eat out, enjoy boat rides, and had a relaxing, rainy day watching Moana, and at the same time, we just got lots of time to be in the sun!

 A little Avalanche Mountain walk in the rain :)

 Geena came up with a fun workout for us to do for sure!

When Jeff and Jen's family arrived, it was a blast having the cousins all together. We made it to the landing, the kids spent a LOT of time swimming, we celebrated Jeff's birthday one night with Red Mesa Grill and cake, and got another group picture at the end of our weekend - highlighting just how much the kids have GROWN in a year!