Cabin Weekend Fun!!

We had a pretty quick and peaceful work and school week.  On Tuesday night, Maci and I headed out to The Dance Warehouse for orientation - AKA shoe fitting.  This is where she will be taking tap/ballet on Saturday mornings throughout this school year, starting Sep 10th.  Mark your calendar for adorable pictures come recital time Jun 3rd/4th :)  Wednesday night I had a fun video chat catch up with Cincy high school girlfriends.  We wanted to connect shortly since the Mondell Family will no longer make it to Emily's wedding given Clint's surgery timing.  No matter how much time goes by between connecting with those girls, it is like we just spoke the day prior and pick up where we left off :)  YAY good friendships!  On Thursday I worked from home in an effort to get some heads down work completed and finish laundry before the big cabin weekend with friends.  It was a very successful day and I headed into vacation weekend feeling prepared (a first!)

Getting Some Art in Before Cabin Lounging 

Friday - The family woke and packed before leisurely heading out the door around 11a for our 3 hour drive up north!  The kiddos were great in the car and momma even snuck in a nap :)  Maci was FREAKING out about how excited she was to see her friends and all the fun things they were going to do together, so cute!  Clint and I were equally excited for evening adult time with good friends and cocktails!

We were the first to arrive with the Zehr's shortly behind us.  The Cassem's and Fike's then followed within the hour.  The cabin was AWESOME and it was on a private lake with NO other houses on the lake.  It was so secluded and our kids could be as loud as they wanted and only the chipmunks seemed to mind :)  Shortly after arriving the mom's took off for the grocery shopping and liquor buying while the dads attempted to keep all 8 kids under 3.5 alive!  They fortunately were successful and the moms enjoyed some shopping with only adults.  Once we got back we played a bit before making pizzas for dinner.

Girlies Playing in the Apple Tree

 Reunited and it Feels So Good

Summer gets so busy we haven't seen Nat much with them only 2 mins down the road

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Mondells (Connor 8 mo, Maci 3.5) Cassems (Natalie 3.5, Stella 21 mo) 

Fikes (Rosemary 18 mo, Emmett 3.5) Zehrs (Rowan 1 yr, Harper 3.5)

We had lots of playing outside after dinner and even made s'mores.  Unfortunately bed time took way longer than we intended night one but that just made the cocktails taste that much better :)  The girls couldn't take how chilly it was getting at night nor the bug bites so guys hung by the fire and girls played games inside.

Slumber Party!

 Girl Time

Cards Against Humanity!

 Shot Ski = Bad Idea

Saturday - We woke up to a chilly day which was expected but thankfully it was far less rainy than the weather report had shown.  So we wore layers and had a great day up until the rain around 6p.

These Kiddos 

 Siblings Sharing a Ride on an Early Morning Hike

 Playing with Blocks

 Model Baby

 More Playing with Barbie Jeep

 HAHA these 4 & Maci's Pose!!

Best Buds since 6 weeks old

 Playing with Her Brother :)

Stud Clapping!

 Hitting the Trails Before Dinner 

 We Survived the Bog

 CUTE

CUTE

Thick as Thieves! 

After burgers and hot dogs along with the fixings, it was time to start doing some baths and let the kiddos wind down.  The older kids had 0 naps and were running on fumes by the end of the day.  That led to quite a bit of whining and early bed times :)

Girls Only Bath Time!

 Coloring Before Bed

 Kids Were Finally in Bed & 

We Got the Guys to Stay Indoors (Thanks Rain!)

 Yikes - Sweats & No Makeup Kind of Weekend Fun ;-)

Sunday - We had to get up and get moving to put this house back in order.  Check out was at 11a and the owners had someone else coming to stay as of 3p.  The kids all had their moments of realizing it was time to go home - BOO!  By 10a we were all off and stopped at various time for food on the way home.  We got to our house by about 2p and then spent the rest of the afternoon doing laundry, unpacking, grocery shopping etc.  What an awesomely fun weekend with great people!!!

Grocery Buddy

Wouldn't let go of the Bananas for like 3 Aisles HAHA

We have another super fun week ahead!  We will work hard and then play even harder!  Wednesday our friend Lori is coming to hang out in the evening while Trip is in Brazil.  Then Clint is taking off Thursday in prep for his parent's stopping by on their way to WY.  We will enjoy dinner and an evening with Kathy and Jack followed by a 4 day weekend for all of us with the MN State Fair on Friday and TBD throughout the rest of the great weekend!!!  We are feeling very blessed with our lives and we are geared up to take on this Thyroid in a few weeks, in the meantime lots of family fun!

We hope you have a wonderful week ahead!

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C