Each year at the cabin we are lucky to celebrate Auntie Dot’s birthday!  This means cake.  This year the cake was German Chocolate Cake with Coconut Pecan frosting served with ice cream.  Grandma Kathy brought the cake out and everyone gathered around to sing.   Some sang nicely; some sang…

Every year in August we spend a week with my husband’s family at the lake cabin in the middle of Minnesota.  It’s one of the most anticipated events of summer for all the kidlets in this house:  long days of pure fun with cousins.  However, going to the cabin requires…

He’s got a withering look nailed down, this cat of mine with a mind of his own. It’s that point in the summer when the days are perfect and filled with summer goodness here in Northern Minnesota:  berries to pick, friends to spend time with, jam to make, grass that’s…

After the Fourth of July pig roast, my wonderful husband and his neighbor friends went to the Boundary Waters for their annual canoe trip.  Perhaps they spent too much time in the sun because they came back with a hair brained idea to roast an even bigger pig.  This time…

He loves his milk as much as I do.  We especially like to drink it from tall jars.  Yum.  

We explored.  We climbed. We posed.  (Could you get any cuter?  She loves to be cute!) There was a great search for sea glass, and many treasures were found!   She loved throwing medium sized rocks in the water.  The Lake was as still as could be, uncannily still.  …

This is just a smattering of a few images to show you how much fun we had enjoying the beautiful evening at the sandy beach.  (I have even more to send you, Rhonda!)  It was a perfect summer evening.  The Lake was calm, perfect for trying out the kayak and…

I’m very, very behind on blogging.  This is because I have been out and enjoying all sorts of wonderful summer activities.  I’ve been away from my computer because something has been going on nonstop, and although I am behind, my camera has been busy at work documenting everything that I’ve…

We are in the middle of swimming lessons.  They started last week and finish at the end of this coming week.  Each morning the smallest 3 kidlets head off with Dr. Peds or me to the university pool in swimming attire, and each morning they arrive back home in time…