We left for Cedar Crest on Saturday morning (July 20th). At the first stop light in Brainerd, we pulled up next to Vern and Max. Max gave us the pumped up arms and we were off. We bumped into them again and Bart, who was towing the boat, at Burger King in Staples. It was fun leap frogging with them on the drive. When we finally arrived, Rylee and Max disappeared immediately and ran around the resort and in and out of the lodge for two hours. This gave the rest of us time to unpack. And we have a lot of stuff to unpack. For just our family, it's two vehicles worth!
All in all it was a great vacation as usual. The weather wasn't as nice as in years past. We had some cooler and rainy days, but we managed to hit the beach as many days as possible even though no one swam quite as much as on other trips. Jace was excellent. A little bit of a handful when we were up on the hill by the cabins so he wore his leash or sat in the stroller. He loved walking laps around the building! And he loved the beach and water of course! He and Rylee shared the room fine, he took his regular naps, and Rylee even babysat during a couple of his nap times (watching this year's 'vacation movie' Wreck it Ralph with the walkie talkie so I could hang out at the beach or another cabin). Rylee especially loves vacation. It's a week full of fun with Megan and Max from morning till night. Who wouldn't love that?!
Happy hour remains our favorite part of the day. Rylee and Max even declared themselves the King and Queen of happy hour (lets hope she doesn't share that with her teacher). One day in particular, Max had a whole thing planned with several tables for different card game stations (Old Maid, War, Crazy Eights). He spent like five minutes explaining the set up and the rules. When he was finished Rylee adds, "What he said!" Too funny! Now that I think about it, Rylee was crushing on Max while we were home in MN. Maybe I need to remind her of that and see if I can get her away from Brendan. If she's going to be in love with someone, I'd rather it be Max. He's got a crazy personality so I know he makes her smile and laugh too. :)
Anywhoo, here's a quick look at our week with a few photos thrown in (I've been horrible with taking pictures in general and I didn't take many at CC this year)...
Sat - unpacking, happy hour, dinner at lodge, visiting
Sun - breakfast at lodge, swimming, happy hour, dinner at lodge, fishing off dock
Mon - breakfast at lodge, non beach day (bad weather), early happy hour, girls road trip scouting out restaurants (the lodge food wasn't as good as in years past), bingo night, grilling for dinner, game night (Catch Phrase - always a staple for our crew)
Tues - breakfast at lodge, swimming day, happy hour, fish fry, game night (I think it was called Things - hilarious and fun!)
"Max Toss"
Megan throws the football, Dave launches Max,
Max tries to catch the ball, all without drowning!
Wed - breakfast at lodge, swimming day, dinner in town, game night (cards)
The girls in their matching dresses...
...and matching nails!
Thurs - breakfast at lodge, girls shopping trip (and Laundromat trip) in DL, grilling for dinner, movie night (Vacation)
Fri - breakfast at lodge, and for the first time ever, we packed up and left a day early (the weather was awful and everyone else had to leave early this year so we decided to go as well).
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