Monday, September 1, 2014

Misc Cedar Crest

Here are a few blurry cell phone pics from our Cedar Crest trip.  I must be the shakiest cell phone photographer because my cell pics always look terrible!

Rylee at bingo (wearing her new CC coverup)...

 
 
Jace in his favorite spot: "driving" the car game.  I love that he's still young enough to play without quarters.  :)





The last morning, Jace woke up early so I grabbed him out of Rylee's room and let him fall back to sleep in my bed.  Sleeping kids are just too cute!



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Monday, August 25, 2014

Cedar Crest - Friday & Saturday

Friday morning wasn't the best, but the kids had a great time playing at the park after breakfast.  The afternoon was nice and Jace must have known it was his last day, because it was the only day her refused to nap.  Instead, we all spent the afternoon at the lake and had a great time.

Jace had so much fun at the lake this year.  He especially loved playing with Papa who splashed around with him, pulled him on floats or played in the sand with him the whole time.



A picture to remind my "future" kids that they did love each other at one time!
 
 
 
One of the resorters had a couple of paddle boards and were generous enough to let the kids play on them for a while.  They thought they were big stuff!

 

 



Friday night was bingo at the lodge.  Nobody in our group won.  I think I forgot to mention that Vern won the in-house on Monday night.  He thanked my Dad for not playing that night, because my Dad won the in-house two years in a row.  After bingo, the kids and ladies had one last game night.  I suppose the guys could have been fishing or more likely watching Fox News.  :)

Saturday morning was just packing up, breakfast at the lodge, and heading home (more on that later).  It was an awesome vacation as usual!  Next year, we changed up our reservations so we're all going to be sleeping in new cabins/rooms.  We'll be closer to the lodge and playground (which should be nice), but we'll be split up a little bit.  I'm sure we'll still have a fabulous time, but boy did we agonize over the decision.  Lol!  I guess we'll find out in Cedar Crest 2015 edition.  :)

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Cedar Crest - Wed & Thurs


Wednesday was a typical day: breakfast at the lodge, swimming, happy hour, dinner at the lodge and a movie night ("Robots").  Each vacation is also characterized by Rylee's favorite afternoon "nap" movie.  One year it was "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" and another it was "Wreck it Ralph."  This year was "Harry Potter."  She watched episodes 1 thru 4 and even borrowed Meg's Hermoine costume for play and Halloween.  "Expelliarmus!"

The four kiddos - Megan and Max are the same distance apart as Rylee and Jace so it's sort of like into a crystal ball as to what there sibling relationship will be like in the future.  Oh boy!  Lol!

 
Meg is so sweet that she doesn't mind being friend and babysitter.  My kids adore her!

 

 
Thursday was ladies shopping day in DL.  My mom, Rylee, and I split with the group in the late afternoon and had dinner with Dad back at the resort.  The Johnston guys drove into DL and met the ladies for dinner at Zorbaz.  Later, we all got back together for dominoes and cards.

Monday, August 18, 2014

Cedar Crest - Tuesday

Monday night was stormy and we didn't have power in the early am. Luckily, it came back on before breakfast! :)

It was another beautiful day for the beach...
 
 

 

 
Dave & Tanya (the newlyweds) arrived in time for happy hour.  We were just happy they shared their "honeymoon" with us!

 
That night we had dinner at the lodge and then played games.   
 
I have to brag a little about Jace and what a great sleeper he was (not that he isn't normally, but still I was impressed.)  He's used to the bunk so I knew we couldn't use the pack n play this year.  Instead, we brought a crib mattress and put it on the floor near Rylee's bed.  He went down for his naps even when the kids were watching TV in the next room.  And he went to bed before Rylee at night and never woke up when we snuck her in after.  He's such a good little guy! 

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Cedar Crest - Monday

We have our vacation routine pretty well down. We usually all meet for breakfast at the lodge. Then we hit the beach. By mid-afternoon the kids are wiped so they watch a movie in our cabin. This works well for me since then I can put Jace down for a nap and leave the kids in charge while I head down for more beach and visiting time. And we always have happy hour around 4. Our evenings are the only things that vary.

So here we are during our beach time on Monday.  Building sandcastles (with Vern's help - he's the master!)...

 
Braving the cold waters...

 

 
The finished castle!

 
The girls had a little too much fun in the sun on Monday and seemed to have a touch of sunstroke.  They skipped happy hour and rested with some cold compresses and a movie.

 
Luckily, they rebounded in time for bingo at the lodge with Bart & Penney (who arrived that day).  Later, the ladies and kids had a game night (Apples to Apples I think) while the men watched Fox News.  :)

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Cedar Crest 2014 - Sunday

Saturday was a late night with the wedding reception and we still had to pack up the vehicles before we could leave in the morning so we didn't arrive at the resort until about 4 pm.  Heather, Vern & the kids also came up on Sunday. After we unpacked and had happy hour (our favorite vacation pastime - Rylee loves being the Queen of Happy Hour!), the kids decided to hit the beach. 

Max is all action so I didn't get any pics of him that night, but I did get the girls in their matching swimsuits!

 

 
The water was cold so Meg had to persuade Rylee to go out deeper!

 
 

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Wedding Pics

These are a little blurry since I stole them off of FB, but at least Patti (who took the photos) documented the day for us. 
 
The four of us at the reception...



The ladies...


 
Rylee with her girls: Meg (who was a junior bridesmaid), Chloe (in hug motion) & little Molly

 
It's too bad you can't see Rylee or my shoes - we both had great sandals.  Rylee received numerous compliments on hers!

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