We also got a xylophone to play when Daniel wakes up from nap time.
We're almost there! Keep going.
Here we are at the top. Us kids are posing with a beatuiful view.
We made it!!!
The lake is still high. The path around the mountain was still flooded, so we had to take off our shoes to walk back to the campground.
Daniel and Grammy taking a walk to the lake.
Daniel contemplating if he should go in the water...and the answer is NO WAY!
Well...after we changed Daniel out of his swim trunks, he decided he wanted to go for a swim. We went in after a feather, so he didn't even know that he was going into the water...
Daniel has learned lots of tricks. He knows how to crawl on daddy:
And, how to tackle him:He even knows how to eat with no hands:
This past weekend we went to Mondovi for Uncle Tim's wedding shower. We all had a great time. The weather took a bad turn and we ended up moving indoors, but it was all good. Daniel liked the animals a little bit better this time. He adores Uncle John's dog Buck-especially when he gives kisses. We came back home around 2 on Sunday and completely finished the deck...we had 1 fascia board left. Then, we went to John and Amy's to swim!!! Daniel didn't like the water very much at all. But, the sun went down shortly after we got there. Tim and Liz came over too. We ordered some pizza and had a good time. Anyway-we have a busy week planned. Monday we're off to a friend's for dinner, Tues Nate plays ball, Wed is spa night for Jen, Thurs is ball for Jen and we leave for the weekend for camping on Fri. yikes.
Then on Saturday, we went to Grandma and Grandpa Quist's for Ross and Bri's wedding shower. They are so great together. Here's Lydia and Daniel NOT sharing the croquet. They also chased each other around over a hat too.
Then back home to finish the deck! Isn't it pretty? Jen stained the frame while Nate helped the neighbor with some wiring. Then, Nate finished screwing the fascia on. We returned all of our extra pieces to the Home Depot and cleaned everything up! We even had our first meal cooked on the deck last night...steaks! Even though it was windy, it was very peaceful up there. Then, after Daniel went to sleep, we took care of the moles in the yard. Poor buggers didn't know what was coming.
Then off to Chetek for the 4th. It was beautiful weather all weekend long. We didn't catch very many fish...only one to be exact. But, we had a great time hanging out with everyone. We went tubing in the nice green lake. Daniel loved the fireworks. We watch them on the water, so he had his lifejacket on. He laid his head back and rested on daddy the whole time. And, Daniel tried out his pool. We went for some boatrides too.
25.5" Walleye
17" smally. We caught about 60 of these one afternoon!!!
another 25" walleye
A 27.5" walleye. My biggest ever.
A northern who's tail was almost chomped off by a bigger fish
A 25 inch-er for Fran
This was a northern that grabbed a perch as Fran was reeling it in. We got them both in the boat.
