Summer Lovin'

Sooooo THIS is what summer is all about when you have a family! If you would have asked me in April what our summer looked like, I would probably have told you that we MAY be going to San Diego but other than that we will probably just be hanging at home, boy was I ever wrong!

We did it again; we packed our bags and ran far, far away from this heat…like North Dakota and Minnesota far! As soon as we got back from San Diego Matt didn’t let me even get the bags unpacked before he asked if I wanted to go to the lake, and not just the lake that’s a few hours from home, the one that’s a 3 hour and 15 min plane ride from home. It wasn’t hard to say yes as he was smart enough to ask me when the temp spiked to 105 over here.

Our good friend and co-worker Tracy had been planning on heading home to North Dakota for a mini vacation, and after a 5 min conversation about boating Matt was hooked (pun sooo intended). Matt and Tracy started the trip a few days before the kids and me, in North Dakota. They played some golf Matt played some baseball and had a fun boy’s weekend. The kids and I joined them a few days later in Minnesota on Little Pine Lake located in the little town of Perham (home of Tuffy dog food and Turtle fest). The lake house belongs to our friend Elissa’s family and they were generous enough to let us crash it for an entire week! The week was filled with fishing, swimming, boating, turtle races, sun, fun and RELAXATION!

We ended the trip back in North Dakota where Tracy showed us his digs growing up in Jamestown and every single day was spent outside playing from dusk to dawn, and right now that means 6am to 10pm!

Here are some pictures from the trip!