Vacation Part 3: Miss B's BIRTHDAY

This is TEN....Double digits for our sparkle spice...

and I'm pretty sure it happened OVERNIGHT...

RAINY again but not a bad place to spend your birthday....

She and Minnie making birthday cake cups....

and she picked Sarge's for lunch... Husband was there but I think he was taking care of the bill... such a guy! They have recently renovated (I'd never eaten there before) and there was a HUGE map of the ski mountain complete with the trails that are named after flies my Uncle Bud tied with his name on the map. So cool. 

Back to the beach for the last swim....

and then all tucked in for our last sleep....

We woke up early, packed up, cleaned the whole camp and tried to leave....

Needed a quick jump start from the "buggy" but we were rolling out around 9:45... not bad...

Our favorite stop on the way home... Miss B said "Mom, it looks like a painting".... sure does babe... sure does....

And that's a wrap....so thankful for our week away in our favorite place with our favorite people and pooch :) 

 

Vacation Part 2: The Rain

 On Monday the weather moved in and honestly after the summer we've had of 90 degrees and no rain... we were not grouchy about it... it felt AMAZING to wear shorts and sweatshirts and be COMFORTABLE...

We still went down to the lake because... well... it's our favorite... 

and I loved that we were almost IN the clouds... most of Bald Mountain COVERED by them...

and the gals didn't mind the weather... the water temp was so warm...

and calm... a welcomed change from the white caps that scared Barkley :) I love how this water is different EVERY day....

but alas... you can only stay out SO long in the raw and wet so we headed back to get cleaned up to head into town...we have never been to Moose Alley before... the gals had tried to go on a trip once with the Penney's but they were so busy they couldn't get in... so we were there for doors open at 3PM and got one of the last ally's open (is that how you say that? :) It was big ball which I don't know if I have EVER done and it was very tricky for Miss B...

but we made the best of it and had a blast... on the way home we swung by to see a camp that a past co-worker of Husband's has built (and my 7/8th grade P.E. teacher ;) and he and his wife happened to be home... 

we had a nice visit for about an hour and 1/2 and then were anxious to get back to this guy....

The waves were back the next day and peeks of sunshine...

This guy wasn't a HUGE fan of swimming or the big waves but he LOVED digging in the sand... once he had one hole he'd move forward about a foot and dig again, filling in the hole he had just dug...he had a blast....

Camp hair don't care... sweatshirts for the win...

and I SWEAR he walks... just not much obviously....

Hanging out at camp.....

All the R&R with a little FUN mixed in! :) 

Vacation Part 1: The Sunshine

Locked and loaded and on the road by 9:30AM... might be a record for the Mouse House

Swimming by 3PM...

Sky and SIL L came for one night and SIL L is right in her happy place cooking english muffins on a grill for breakfast :) 

Speaking of happy places... both of them are pretty happy in jammies and laps...

Photo Courtesy of Sky

You know it's HOT when....

Miss B had a little run in with her bike and a ditch...

The cabin in the woods...

Beach visits... tired from all the sandy digging...

When this is your view ALONE with your family on the beach.... BLISS

Hard to tell here but Mr. Man is literally under his covers in his crate fast asleep. I asked Husband if he had covered him up and he said no he just did that all on his own. *LOVE*

DAY 2... One minute rain storm....

Next minute sunshine and heat....

and an EMPTY beach :) 

We planned on our annual OG dinner and spent some time hanging out in the park across the street while we waited for it... Barkley got to meet "Kennebago" a 9 week old Golden Retriever. 

and these guys got to play some bball! :) 

and this was the LAST of our sunshine and heat until pack-up day... glad we spent it outside :)