A waaaaay overdue trip to the Cabin

 When were we last down?

April?  May??!?!  Sheesh.

There was a lot of work to be done

to get the Cabin back in shape--

mowing, pulling weeds, spraying weeds,

moving furniture, cleaning...

but it looks good now!

We put up all our toys

including our slackfline

No hands!

We couldn't do the cool trampoline-like tricks

that they did on the cruise,

but we had a good time having chicken fights and races

It was hot

but that didn't stop us from having a bonfire

(we had a lot of junk to burn!)

Ranger was sure living his best life

and so was Tucker

We spent a lot of time on the front porch

playing games--

we found a new love of Chinese checkers

and Beck and I played a lot of chess

There were some heated games of cornhole too

But what we were REALLY excited about...

lake time.

Obligatory annual tubing picture

We're just a little bigger over the last 3 years

We could ride this thing all day

if Dad would drive us

and we sure love to taunt him

when he's not driving crazy enough

(we forget he can throw us off

whenever he wants and he's LETTING us

stay on...)

We did some swimming

and a lot of chilling

Ranger loves to be

with his pack

and we're a good pack

I did some kneeboarding

as did Mom

and Tuck

(he's getting brave back there!)

but Beck was the kneeboarding star

 this week

He really hit his stride

and chased the wake

Mom and Dad had a good time watching us

(see Tuck back there?)

Dad tried out the wakeboard

Uncle Adam gave him...

until he inevitably bit it, got a headache

and didn't wakeboard anymore.

It happens every time.

And, of course, we surfed

Beck and I tried

and got up briefly

Jack caught a couple of waves

and really surfed for a few seconds

and Dad really made surfing ropeless look good

We had great weather

and great water

Beck did some driving

and Dad let me really take it for a spin--

I was throwing some turns

and jumping some waves

There was a little pantless swimming too

(you don't want to know what I'm really doing)

Our belated 4th of July trip to the lake was great.

It was an awesome week

where we caught up on some sleep

and caught up on our lake time.

We'll try not to stay away so long next time

Living up the Fourth

 Mom was actually off July 4th

so we headed to Summit Waves for the day.

It was awesome!

It wasn't busy 

so we rode tons of slides,

tried all the pools,

and swam until we couldn't swim anymore.

Our neighbor Brad apparently 

LOVES 4th of July

and set off every single firework available.

He had to of spent $4000, no exaggeration.

There were so many,

we were actually starting to wonder

when it would be over.

We bought a few of our own,

on a smaller scale.

Smaller didn't mean less entertaining.

We did some artillery shells,

melted some bottles

and blew up some cans

It was a good holiday.

 

A Fourth at home doesn't mean a Fourth less fun

Mom had to work this 4th of July

but that didn't mean we didn't have a whole lot of fun

Our friends the Welchs invited us

to a party at their house.

We had plenty of fireworks

and snow cones

Safety goggles optional

All the kids

The Dads

and the Moms

A huge perk of the Welchs

is that their house backs up to Legacy Park...

and tonight is Legacy Blast!

Can you read the "USA" in the fireworks?

It was a great show

with more of our fireworks

and sparklers

for a finale

It was a fun night!