We spent a glorious few days up at my parents house last week in MN.
I picked some blueberries for breakfast. Talk about eating fresh! Still warm from the sun.
Grandma watched Elias while Tony and I went on a canoe ride. It was a beautiful escape for me. We saw this little guy coming to the water for a drink. Can you tell who he is? Here’s a hint: he is covered with little white spots (for now) and mama is not far away.
I was Tony’s captain as he did a little of this. I would totally have a scum frog of my own in the water, but I am too cheap to buy a license when I only get around to it a couple times a year. I probably should anyways just to support the sport, lake conservation, and the DNR.
After our fishing was complete, we paddled out to the middle of the lake and jumped in. clothes and all. I had to make sure if ever we dumped ourselves we would be able to get back in the canoe. It really wasn’t very hard. It’s good practice for my dream trip to the Boundary Waters.
I took a little vacation to the Black Hills. I totally forgot how beautiful it is. It was a wonderful time away for me. Family, rocks and hills, horses, bonfires, canoeing…being awed by the Creator.
We stayed at Outlaw Ranch and this was the daily view. Not bad.
A little canoe outing. (One of my favorite life memories is canoeing in the Boundary Waters. Check out Sigurd Olson for a good outdoor read.) My in-laws in one canoe and my sister-in-law and me in another. I even netted a turtle and almost a catfish! Emily was a great steering master for me.
The pictures are pretty but do not do it justice.
Tony had to work and so was not able to go with us. But we will be back sometime this summer. I am going to make my 2 boys do a little tent camping with me!
Currently attempting cloth diapers. Put Elias in the first one and he had the biggest BM he has ever had! And of course it was when we weren’t at home…ahh! I am using Thirsties covers with prefolds. Funny that I asked the lady if I should avoid light colored covers and she said not to worry about it because poop should never touch the cover…hmmm…bad advice. I am giving the cloth diaper attempt a solid week. Here’s a homemade prefold. I think I am going to like the homemade ones.
Fits into his little sweater vest I made. Just in time for summer…
In other action. Tony and I are playing co-ed softball this summer so Tony was giving me batting lessons tonight. About halfway through I hit the ball and it hit me directly in the side of the head. Tony said in all his baseball years he has never seen that happen. It hurt. I involuntarily ducked every time I hit the ball after that. I’m not stupid. Might be a problem though come game time.
I’m so sorry! Unfortunately some of you found out yesterday that my site was hacked into. We have fixed the issue and have put in place extra securities so it doesn’t happen again. A sad reminder to make sure your passwords are extra tricky.
