It’s time to post some pictures of family fun…the 4th of July week and this last weekend have been my scheduled vacation since January…I love summer…I love the heat…the summer nights especially the sunsets on Anchor Point…for those of you who are new here we named our home we build 3 years ago Anchor Point. I have not been able to spend lots of time here so when I get 5 weeks home…I truly try to make the best of it…
I love the wild life of living on the lake…there is always something to watch…
We live near an old railroad bed that has been converted into a recreational trail…Jake and Lauren and the boys joined Jeter and I for a midmorning walk…
Baby O is 7 months old and is finally somewhat liking people other than Mama…so it was nice to spend some quality time with him as well…He is a happy baby…and his Papa loves to make him smile as much as he can.
Mimi (that’s me) tried to get a photo of the two of them together…not an easy task..
I try to keep Jace busy with activities…so I am alway looking for something different…these were sidewalk paints…they were different but didn’t go very far…they ran out of chalk paint way to soon…
We also visited out old neighbors and what had once been adult only parties has now turned into very kid friendly…Jace had a ball on their water slide, we need to up our game in that department. Our slip & slide I bought was pretty lame….Larry & Diane had a regular playground of things to do for our combined 4 grandchildren along with a house full of food. It was nice to see them and our old house…(shown here in the background)
The kids couldn’t wait for the fireworks…but the weather did not hold up for us…we shot a few of leftover fireworks we had found from last year…and then watched them over the lake instead of being in Winneconne on the water. I didn’t realize how close and good you could see them from the house because we are always there…but we knew we were going to see them on Saturday so it was not too disappointing…
Lauren was all prepared for Baby O…to watch the fireworks…see next photo.
Here are some pic of our fireworks on Saturday when Scott & Jody invited us to Royal Vista for fireworks…Nick & I took the motorcycle there for an evening ride which was a nice bonus as well.
Baby O slept through them all….
Waiting to see the show…
Little Man and his Daddy…..Jake is such a good Dad…even when Little Man is a handful…he gets tired and cranky sometimes…but Jake has lots of patience…more than Papa for sure…
We sat on a beach with a ton of others but it was really awesome!
Then it was time to get ready for our weekend for my family to come and stay…I put the finishing touches on the cleaning of our converted boathouse for my brother Brad & Tina and the boys to stay in…It was nice to see it all cleaned up instead of a storage spot for all the “stuff” we have. I don’t remember scrubbing a floor on my hand and knees to be such a chore…but the results were worth the effort…I do not think I showed the boat house before so I included some pics here…
The Thursday before everyone arrived was just amazingly beautiful, the work and prepping all done…hoping for great weekend weather as well…
I gave mugs as a keepsake for all who came and shared the weekend with us. White for girls navy for boys…
Papa blew up all the floating creatures and Jace had to try one out right away on Friday!
Romey…loves the water and is waiting his turn to jump in!
My niece Kaity spent lots of time in the water with the kids….Jace and (niece) Addie…
A content Baby…not missing a thing…
Tina (who is the Master wool- dyer for PG) and her son Tyler and Rudy (the Corgie) playing cornhole…
GG…Great Grandma…taking a nap on the Crock-agator…
Jake made wood fish for everyone to paint…I can’t wait to show you what I am going to do with them….
Saturday was boat ride day on Lake Winneconne/ Lake Poygan…Baby O slept through the whole thing…again.
GG with Little Man…blowing bubbles
We all helped with the chores…Brad…grilling the corn.
Little man eating the corn…..one of my favorite things is photographing this little man…
can you tell? Jace painted lots of fish…
Cribbage?
and night-time poker…which I won $7 in case you were wondering…
Ok…I love to photograph Baby O as well!!!
Jace and Papa fishing…sorry Papa…but look I got your new tattoo!
There was lots of food and treats…
GG and Baby O..(Owen if I didn’t mention that yet…but he is finally enjoying being held by someone other than his Mama…
GG-and both her boys…
Some of the floating critters…on the last day.
Slow down Sunday as I like to call it…my sister Lisa came with her daughter Jenni…for a visit and some sun…
As you can see Jace welcomed her right into the family with an octopus tentacle hug!
I had a great time…it went very well…my only regret??? I missed some photos ..I missed a group shot…but everyone was not here for all of it or at the same time…I missed a photo of the 5 dogs that were here…keeping Nick on his toes..one dog, Romey..had to go stay the weekend with Amy..as he, the littlest one…does not always like lots of dog company. We had 16 people guests total…and a lot of fun!
Thanks for a great time for those who came…I guess there is no reason not to do it again next year!
As for my quilting friends…this is a look into why I work so hard…so I can enjoy what we have with my family and friends…hope you loved seeing more of Baby O…all for now…
I need to get back to my work! The summer weeks fly by so fast! Lisa
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