Mowing...

A hilarious picture of one tired out little boy!!!

Fishing in the rain...

We had a very rainy weekend last weekend, but decided to head to the lake anyways as Mike has been dying to fish and hasn't been able to get out. We were out for about 4 hours in the pouring rain and got absolutely soaked, but we had a great time! Tanner fished the whole time and was doing a great job with his casting. He was a little disappointed that he didn't catch one but persevered anyway. Cammy really was trying to fish a little too which was very cute. He also loved pulling his little boat alongside the big boat. By the time we came in we were numb and blue, and we had the heat cranked to full blast in the truck, but it was definetely worth it:)

Up Mte. Abe....

We made it up Mt. Abe a few weekends back - which is Tan's first big hike that he's done all by himself. He did an awesome job and led the charge the whole way up and down the Mountain. On the way down he was following Daisy back and forth through the woods and having a grand old time. I think Daisy is thrilled that hiking season is back and she was in her element too. She was on her best behaviour as I think she was just so happy to be out and a part of it, and we got compliments on our good well-behaved dog!!! (As many of you know Daisy is very sweet but not necessarily the best listener and her exuberance makes her go a little crazy around people). Poor Cam is not the biggest fan of the backpack and wants to hike so much but his legs are just too little to make much progress up the mountain. He did walk all the way down which made hime happy and we were proud of him too.

Memorial Day Weekend...

We had a fun memorial day weekend. We took the boys to Shelburne Farms (Tanner was wanting to see the baby pigs that had been born 9 days before), shot our bows at the 3D range, planted our garden, hiked up Snake Mountain, watched fireworks across the lake - in Crown Point, and of course went to the Vergennes Memorial Day parade which is always a highlight:) Mike taught Tanner to skip stones which was also a big highlight and something that Tanner had been really wanting to figure out. Mike is quite the stone skipping whizz, and I learned a few things too!!! Cam loved the parade this year, but I think the highlight might still be the can of Root Beer that he got as a treat and clung too for dear life!!!

Work weekend at Manitou

We went up to Manitou in May for the first time in years to

help Mom and Dad get ready for the work on Uncle Eric's cottage. May is still pretty early up there and the ice had only left the lake the week before we arrived. The weather was unseasonably gorgeous and even though the lake was still really cold the boys were so excited to play at the beach. My feet had a hard time being in the water for more than a few minutes at a time, but the boys played happily in the cold water for hours, They were also excited to get out in the canoe and visit the community center. The shallows by the Community Center were just teeming with American Toads mating and making strings of eggs which was a really neat experience to watch....