Vacation

It has taken me a few days to get my feet back on the ground after vacation.  We had a wonderful week up north.  We go with Jeff's family every year and absolutely treasure our time away together.  I have so many photos to scrap, I'm not quite sure where to begin.  I thought I would share a few here.

We spent a lot of time in the middle of the lake just jumping off the boat.  The kids & Jeff got the biggest kick out of it...

Our vacation started on the same day as the Olympics...which by the way have been so awesome to watch. Each year we have a theme...last years theme was "Minute to Win It".  There was no doubt that this years theme would coincide with the Olympics.  Here are the kids marching their "torches" around the resort for our opening ceremonies.  I LOVE this shot of them.

The resort has a duck race every year and we all look forward to it.  There are about 60 ducks in the race each year and Ellie's duck had a huge lead heading into the final leg and got stuck in some rocks.  Guess who's duck when flying by....you guessed it.  Quinn won the whole duck race and was over-the-moon excited.  Our family experienced the sweet taste of victory that day and the agony of defeat!

Papa had a memorable vacation.  On day 3, he decided he was ready to try waterskiing after 25 years.  He looked like he was doing well and then things fell apart....literally.  Papa broke his leg waterskiing and had to be rushed to the hospital.  He underwent surgery and has a long road ahead of him.

Spent a little time on the golf course and I love how Mia swings the club...

A lot of time spent on the beach....

A little fishing time off of the dock...

Ellie and Quinn couldn't get enough of the tube.  I must have taken 100 shots of them.  I just love seeing their sweet expressions....

Here is papa a couple of days later.  The golf season is over for him...

The kids love to jump off of this raft out in the lake...

And the jet ski is always so much fun...

This was our eighth year of this trip and these weeks are packed with such special memories.  I love that.  I create an album every year of this trip and it is so fun to flip back through the pages and relive these special moments!