Cedar Crest Paddle Mania

The kids had so much fun on the paddle boards, they took them out again.  

Jace had a little stick as a paddle!

Max and Tanya took out the paddle boat.

From there it was like the chinese fire drill of paddle boarding/boating 

as everyone switched places and tried to push people into the water!

The girls had been sitting on this just a moment before.  

You can still see Tanya's foot!

The kids ended up on this...

What crazy fun!  

Cedar Crest Minion Swim

I think this was the 3rd annual minion night swim 

(as you can see Max's minion suit is getting a little small!).

That didn't stop him though!

Jace stripped down to his undies and Rylee and Meg decided to swim in their clothes.

Those kids have so much fun together!

Cedar Crest Sand Castles & Paddle Boards

Building an epic sand castle is a must!  Max and Vern did most of the work...

Noodle fight with Dave!

Paddle boarding has become a favorite too...

Pushing people off the paddle boards - even better!

(Those are Rylee's feet going overboard!)

Jace decided he wanted to try too.  Thanks Dave!

Cedar Crest Camera Pics

Back to Cedar Crest for a bit to post some of my camera photos.

The first swimming day was a little chilly...

...but the kids persevered...

More swimming pics...

Hard to see, but Rylee's nails matched her suit (courtesy of Megan)...

The run and dive!

Post swim snuggles with Papa...

MN Vacay Week 7

Tues - breakfast at the cabin, girls shopping and hair washing day in DL...

dinner at the cabin (complete with creative entertainment!), bean bag toss, and Catch Phrase

Wed - breakfast at the lodge, room service breakfast for the kids, all day lake day - everyone swam!, paddle boards, dinner at the cabin, Minion Max night swim for kids...

with "Stantley" (Stanley)

Meg and Ry had a sleepover in our cabin so Jace slept on the couch...

Thurs - breakfast at the cabin, lake day, Rylee and Meg went tubing, fish fry at the cabin, and Rhinestone movie night!

This is Rylee and Jace slept together usually. 

The wrong direction and with a wall of pillows between them!

Fri - breakfast at the cabin, another lake day, paddle boards and paddle boats, dinner at the lodge, bingo night, Penney, Bart and Gaga headed home early, the rest of us stayed and watched Bustin' Loose

Sat - packing up, loading up, breakfast at Burger King, driving home, showers (yippee!) and laundry day

Sun - Jess, Norah and Caleb visit: park play and lunch at Rafferty's.  It was so great to see these guys! We miss them so much!

Rylee wanted to cross another thing off her summer bucket list: the Ironton park tire swing.  

Then it was the first pontoon swim on Agate with the "new" pontoon, Papa and Rylee...

Of course, Jace decided he wanted to go after all so we had to go back and pick him up.  :)

Play acting on the pontoon... :)

Apparently Captain Jace wasn't going the right way.  :)

Mon - school work, dance, another pontoon swim on Agate with Gaga this time, "Big Jake" movie night