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August is flying by for us. I can't believe school is going to start in 12 days. More on that in another blog. This time i'm going to blog about our recent vacation. Yes, mark & i braved it once again & took the kids to a cottage we rented on Legend Lake. We had a good time. The days were warm, the nights were cool. We left on a friday at noon. My mom & dad came saturday after lunch (because they had to stop at the casino on the way -- they couldn't just drive by it without stopping!). They stayed til tuesday, so we had a lot of fun with them. We had a campfire almost every night, but i'm sad (and embarassed) to say that i couldn't even stay up past 10. Neither could any of the rest of us, but still. There was a meteor shower going on & the peak was at midnight. I saw 2 shooting stars & really, really wanted to stay up til 12, but no such luck. The kids did good going to bed & sleeping. Almost every night around 7/730, jakob would tell me he wanted to go to bed. Josie stayed up til about 830/9 most nights. They slept pretty late in the morning, too, around 730/8.  We spent a lot of time in the water. It was a little chilly, but that didn't stop the kids from going in. Pict on left is my dad in his snorkel gear & jakob with his shark floatie. The kids did great in the water. Josie didn't complain too much about getting water on her face. She just got out & wiped her face when it would get wet. Jakob was a little too brave for me. If he had his round floatie around him, he'd float out past the dock, where he couldn't touch. It didn't bother him, but josie would yell "jakob, come back to shore". She yelled at him about it more then i did. This year we got out the rowboat, too. Jakob refused to go in it. He didn't want to have anything to do with the life jacket. Unfortunately, that meant i didn't go in it, too. Every time i was going to go, jakob screamed for me not to go. Oh well. Josie had some awesome boat rides with my dad & mark. She LOVED it!  The pict below is her doing her sailor salute & she would do this march walk with her hand up like that. She went in the rowboat every chance she got.  Mark was a little tired of rowing it by the end of the week, but oh well. It was good exercise for him.
On wednesday, our friends nick & sally came up with their kids, both a year younger then ours. The kids were so happy to have other kids to play with. Mark & i were happy to have some adult conversation while the kids played with each other. Josie & valerie made a huge sand castle and all 4 kids had fun in the water. The highlight of their visit was that the kids were playing together so nice that the adults played cards. Yes, that's right. We had about 3 hands of Hearts before the kids realized we weren't paying attention to them. Sally & i were thrilled. It was like we hit a milestone with our kids. We might be able to start having a life again. Nick & sally stayed til 10! Yikes! Jakob made it til 9, then he told me it was time for bed. Josie was still raring to go when they left at 10, but mark & i were beat. In fact, we all slept in the same room & mark was asleep before josie was! On thursday, mark's mom & dad came up for dinner. It was a nice surprise to see them. The kids were so excited to show them around the cottage & show the beach & fish. Speaking of fish. My highlight is always feeding all the bluegill at the end of the dock. Mark did his fair share of fishing. He caught a good-sized northern & a few other nice fish. He didn't keep any. The kids did a little fishing, too. They liked casting without a hook on, but they weren't too excited about actually catching a fish. They did enjoy catching fish in their nets. Jakob caught his first fish with his fishing pole. It was hilarious. At the end of the dock, there were a TON of bluegill & 3 bullheads swimming around. mark was really worried about catching a bullhead. Josie tried for a fish first. She caught a bluegill as soon as her hook (with a worm) dropped in.  As you can see in the pict of her, she was scared of the flopping fish. She had more fun catching a fish last year. I"m not sure why, but whatever. Next came jakob's turn. Mark got him all ready & wouldn't you know it, jakob caught the bullhead. Mark was so irritated & i couldn't stop laughing! Mark had quite a time getting the hook out of jakob's darn fish. Thankfully, it was the smaller of the 3. The one bullhead was huge! We spent the last day cleaning. Actually, mark did all the cleaning (or most of it, anyway) and i occupied jakob. Josie played her gameboy almost all morning. She slept til after 9, too. That has to be a record for her. It was a nice week, but we were happy to get home, too. I"m still tired & we've been home almost a week. I think it doesn't help that the olympics are on & i'm hooked on them. I can't stop watching & i keep staying up really late (ok, 1030) to stay glued to the tv. UGH!
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