After a while of sliding she figured out that it was really fun to hop and make a big splash and that doing this off of the little pillow at the bottom of the slide was even more fun.
This past week we spend on a camping adventure. Most of the week we stayed in a 4 bedroom cabin in Shawano, Wisconsin with my family. The cabin is right on Lake Shawano and had it's own dock for my dads boat and a little beach area for access to the water. Everyone had a super great time. We even stayed an extra day so Jesse and I could partake in karaoke at a local bar - pictures to follow ;) First I want to share the fun we had on the boat. I tried my hand at water skiing again this year. Still haven't been able to make it up! This is how I looked most of the time:
My sister, Amy, did great though!! She got up on the first shot and didn't fall at all!
Kaylee didn't care for the boat this year. I'm not sure why. She got really still and clingy when the boat was moving and didn't want to get up and move around after we had stopped. This is really strange for this little one! Although I did enjoy the snuggles :) To get the boat to go fast, Kaylee's cousin, Lily, says "I feel a need of speed"
Lexi even tried skiing this year! She got SO close to getting up. Closer than I did, for sure!
Kaylee snuggling with Lexi after the sun in the sun.
Ready for the sun!
The next day my sister, Amy and I did a little bit of dusk tubing and got cut short because of an approaching thunderstorm. We had a relaxing ride back to the dock.
Back at the cabin, it was hair doing time. Lexi did great on her first french braid of Kristi's hair.
And Lily made Amy's hair real pretty :)
My Dad and Kristi's husband, Nick, went out fishing most mornings. Here are a couple shots of their big catches.
While Kaylee was napping one day, the rest of the family went out to the sand bar and splashed around for a while.
When everyone was back at the cabin the girls played their own version of rock band complete with recorders and a keyboard.
Time for bubbles!
Time to clean up. Kaylee brings the water.
Such cute sisters, Lily and Leila.
Nigh-night Violet
Such a pretty smile, it almost distracts you from all of the stickers she put on her leg.
Back in the lake for some whale wrestling!
One of the local bars makes really yummy homemade Old Fashions for $2 during happy hour. We always have to go at least once! This time we tag teamed it. My sister and I went for the first hour and then the boys got to go for the second hour.
We even had time for a couple rounds of pool.
Then we got a little silly...
I think they are having a debate on who's mom is the silliest...
Time for more fun in the sun (and shade). It turns out that giant turtles are awesome!
Learning how to ride a scooter.
What a couple of cuties!
Oh what fun you can have playing follow the leader on the slide. Everyone goes down the same way.
Why not throw a somersault in at the bottom.
We make our own happy hour ;)
Kaylee would often walk up to the radio and it seemed as though she intended to turn the music off and suddenly the music took her and she stared dancing. It was too funny
Here's our beautiful view.
Kaylee and her twirly whirly ponytail. I love it!
Our final night at the cabin was karaoke night! Kristi, Nick, Jesse and I were able to go, while Nana and Bompa watched the girls. As always, it was a great time!! We needed some liquid courage from rocket pops, before our debuts :)
A few friends we made a long the way...
My mom was there to greet us when we made it back home. She enjoyed our highlights of the evening.
Alas, our time at the cabin had come to an end. We had planning on doing some tent camping at a Wisconsin State Park for a few nights. We only made it one night though. It was super hot and muggy and the tent we had leaked real bad. We decided to pack it up and head home after the first night. It's a good thing we did too, cause it rained a whole bunch that next night too!
Here's our camp site during the rainy morning, before we packed everything up.
We did do a little sight seeing in the area before we left. At the top of Blue Mound they had a couple of tall towers. There was enough of a break in the rain that we were able to climb up to the top of one.
After the tower we headed over to the Cave of the Mounds for some exploring.
They had a cool area where you could pan for gems.
The cave was really neat and a nice break from the heat outside.
The only spot in the caves we were allowed to touch.
The landscape around the cave was really pretty too.
Before we started the tour of the cave they showed a short informative movie about the history of the cave. They were describing the orthocone cephalopods that were around before the time the cave was being formed and Kaylee corrected them by saying 'NO, thas a accapus' everyone giggled. On our way back to the car we found a path with a whole bunch of Kaylee's accapuses.
Whoa! That was a lot of pictures! I hope you enjoyed them!
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