End of School Year

Last Day of Preschool. Campbell moves on to Kindergarten next year, WOW! I can't believe my baby girl will be going off to school! Blake has loved being a big boy and joining his sister one morning a week at preschool. I think it will be good for him to have a taste of preschool so he won't be scared next year when he'll be going 3 mornings a week.

Last day of school party at the park. Bummer it's raining, but we're prepared!

Kids performed a bunch of songs. So cute!

Campbell with her fun teacher, Miss A

This is classic. I had been keeping the kids out of the puddles prior to the program, but when it was over, I let them go splash and have fun. I'm talking to moms/teachers. I notice Blake taking off his boots/socks because the water had gotten into his boots. Fine. Next thing I turn around and he's butt naked. Mom of the year award!

Wedding

After working at the cabin, we went down to Duluth to attend TC's wedding. We stayed with the N's and the kids had fun playing together. The kids had a blast at the wedding as they haven't been to one since Blake was a tiny newborn. Blake tore up the dance floor with some pretty interesting moves. Campbell found a group of older girls and followed them around. They served breakfast food....so I was in heaven. There was a candy bar and we could watch huge ships come into the harbor, so the kids thought it all was the best thing they'd ever experienced.

We wish TC & M all the best as they enter their married life together!

Paneling Screen Porch

Jim came up to help us insulate/panel the screen porch. Gabe cut, Jim nailed and I was the runner. We make a great team!
 

Getting started.

Last piece of the ceiling going up!

  

Cutter extraordinaire

Looks so nice!

Moving on to paneling the secret fort.

Not ideal working conditions....so cramped!

Cabin Varnished

We hadn't been back to the cabin since Easter weekend because we had a crew working on varnishing the paneling. Wow does it look different! They rubbed a coat of Murphy's Oil then sprayed 3 coats of varnish (hand sanding/tacking in between coats). So much work! One bedroom we did in a sort of white wash. They did an awesome job and it looks amazing!

 

GG came up for the weekend to try catching some fish. No luck again!

 





Now that the paneling is finished, Gabe can install all the lights/fans. We've had most of the lights/fans for about 3 years and moved the boxes around countless times! So awesome to get them installed. It's starting to look finished!

First Beach Visit of the Year

The water was freezing (who am I kidding, the air wasn't all that warm either) and the beach was deserted, but that didn't stop us!

 

 

 

 

 

April Random

The kids got kites for Easter, so on an especially windy day, we gave it a shot. It took a while, but we did manage to get both kites in the air at the same time. Then the kites started getting stuck in trees, the wind broke Campbell's kite, and Blake got so entangled in his string he had to be cut out. It was fun while it lasted!

 

 

 

Daddy's home! Insert kids hollering and running around ecstatically. Insert relieved Momma as well. Gabe works very long days and usually doesn't get home until 7.

Arrrgg matey! Blake trying to see with his pirate eye patch on. 

What a good sport Daddy is.....Campbell made him look all fancy with bows and even clip on earrings!

Random funny thing Campbell said while reading the Three Little Bears...."The mommy bear and the daddy bear aren’t married, so they get to sleep in 2 beds."

Celebrating 10 Years in Cayo Hueso

To celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary coming up this summer, Gabe & I went to Key West for 7 days with our wonderful friends the C's and the N's. We had an amazing time and couldn't have asked for better traveling partners. We had a great suite that overlooked the pool and even had a view of the ocean. We laughed, laughed, laughed, relaxed, slept in, read the Hunger Games, spent hours in the hot tub making survival plans in case of the Apocalypse (everyone had recently read or was currently reading aforementioned book so it was on our minds!), ate, ate, ate, drank, laid out by the pool, played in the ocean, took naps, saw chickens wandering around randomly, had the best shuttle driver, got massages, saw the sights, and had long and uninterrupted conversations. 

To say it was relaxing was an enormous understatement. Gabe and I hadn't had that long of a vacation for a very, very long time...before kids for sure. We promised each other we'd do it again soon! 

 

 

Unmarked recording studio of Jimmy Buffett

Street cart that served the best fish tacos ever!

Snorkeling. Water too rough to see much of anything, but let's just say it's a cruise we'll be laughing about for a while.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best breakfast ever at Blue Heaven, and you know how I love my breakfasts!

Salsa/hot sauce tasting bar

 

 

 

Sad to leave, but we'll be back!

The kids were in great hands with Papa and Nana while we were gone. I knew the kids were having a blast when they really didn't have time to talk to me when we called. Can't thank my parents enough for taking on the kids for that long!

Welcome home!