Minn-ee-sota!

Drafted this a few weeks ago and never posted it...oops!!

We headed up to Lake Vermillion in Northern Minnesota last week.  This is our second trip (hopefully of many many more!) to this wonderful resort and cabin.  We spent an entire week enjoying the beautiful weather, cool water, and wonderful friends!  The beach area of the resort was just beyond our front porch and the kids played there for hours upon hours.  We rented a pontoon two of the days we were there and spent the whole day trolling around on the massive lake.  The other five days were just spent relaxing on the lake, skiing, tubing, and lots and lots of fishing.

Curtis had the opportunity to ski this year.  We were so proud of him when he said he was willing to try it.  The first time he tried he wasn't able to get all the way "up" and ended up squatting on the back of the skis for most of the short ride.  After his tumble he gave us a big thumbs up...though he wasn't quite ready to try it again.  The next morning he woke up wondering when he would get to try again.  He was able to get up and ski the next three times he tried...and with a HUGE smile on his face! We were so proud of him for being willing to try again even though he was definitely scared after that first fall.

Nicholas was in heaven the entire week, outside + water = perfect day for Nicky!  He loved to fish and was self labeled "bait man" on the boat.  He would fetch worms for everyone and even held Emily's fish while she took the hook out of their mouths.  He is such a joyful little guy and we all loved seeing him get excited about each new adventure.  His least favorite part of the lake was Curtis skiing.  Sweet boy had a melt down when Curtis fell...and kept telling us all how scared he was.

Andrew was amazing, as always!  He was super easy going and just enjoyed all his cuddle time with Mommy and Daddy.  He loved the boat and enjoyed nice long naps to its soothing white noise.  He started smiling a lot while we were there too, nothing better than a gummy baby smile!

Also, while we were in Minnesota we got to spend a lot of quality time with Jacobs grandmother and aunts and uncles and cousins.  They were gracious enough to feed us and we gave them lots of entertainment with two rambunctious boys!  Those boys have a special sweet spot for their second cousin Robbie! He is such a wonderful man and is fantastic with our boys.  Too bad he lives so far away or he would be a wonderful babysitter...though the kids may never want us to come home!