We spent 2 1/2 amazing weeks at the Lake this summer! We had beautiful, sunny weather the whole time and great family time with my parents, grandparents, brother and his sweet girlfriend and our nephew Dustin!! Our time there was spent fishing, hiking, biking, playing with Ramsey (more on that later!), swimming, campfires & smores and time just relaxing. Check out our pictures below:
The TripSince we didn't have a car, my cousin let us borrow their PT Cruiser for a week. It was such a blessing that they were able to help us out! Here is a picture of Dominic helping us out on the drive up to the cabin!
When we arrived up there it was the last cool day and we had a fire in the cabin. Dominic loved watching the flames!
Dominic
It was definitely a hot summer, getting up into the 100s! With no air conditioning in the house, we spent time down by the water (and in the water...it got up to a record of 80 degrees!).
Dominic spent a lot of time in just his diaper (too hot for clothes), in the makeshift pool (a wagon!), swimming with us, and even on a boat ride (he actually fell asleep in his life jacket! I guess the boat lulled him to sleep!).
DustinWe had so much fun with our nephew. We were lucky to have him for 10 days this summer at the lake! He and Dom spent a lot of time hiking, biking, rock hounding, swimming, some wakeboarding, and of course fishing too. Baby Dominic loved spending time with his cousin too. Dustin could make him laugh so hard! It was really cute!! We can't wait for next summer!
One of his fish
Dom spent a lot of time fishing while we were up there and we were able to enjoy many fabulous meals of fish! He caught trout, Kokanee and bass. His favorite time of day to fish was early morning and evening.
Happy Birthday Grandma!
Grandma turned 89 this summer. We had a meal of fresh fish and a cake to celebrate! Happy birthday Grandma!! I love you!!!
RamseyThis summer if full of surprises. Yes, Ramsey is back home with us. My cousin was unable to keep him because her cats did not get along with him. So, for now he is back home with us. Dom and Dustin had a great time with him at the lake! Dom taught him a new trick of pulling him in the water, as well as rescuing us. He taught him that when he sees the sign of someone drowning (hands waving in the air), he will swim toward the person and drag them to shore. When we took Dustin wakeboarding, he had fallen at one point and Ramsey jumped out of the boat and swam toward him, made sure he was ok, and then swam back toward the boat!
RelaxingWe loved this beautiful weather! Dominic and I spent many mornings on the deck with Grammy and Great Grandma.
We also spent some time relaxing at the beach trying to stay cool in this record breaking heat this summer!
WalkingI went on a daily 4.1 mile walk along the lake with Dominic almost every day. In total I walked 42 miles. I loved it, it was such a beautiful walk and it is helping me to knock out this baby weight. This is an evening view of what I saw on my walk. It was so beautiful and peaceful. I miss walking up there!
I love Lake Cavanaugh. It is my favorite place in the world to be. And of all of the places I have lived, this is the one place that feels like home. My grandparents have owned the cabin since the late 60's and I grew up coming here. It means so much to me to come up here now with my family and have my children experience the summers up here too!
...a kewpie (cupie?) doll. Can you see these resemblances??
One of Dominic's favorite things right now is to sit on our lap and play the piano. He kick's his feet as he is playing because he is so excited!! He actually looks like he knows what he is doing. Last night Dom put his high chair up to the piano and he had the best time, playing away!
We have been working on having Dominic play in the nursery on Sunday during church. He lasts about 5 - 15 minutes at the most (he really misses his mommy, which I don't mind at all!). But I am hesitant to have him in there anymore. This past Sunday we tried it again and then 2 days later he woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't breathe through his nose. :( I don't know why parents bring their sick kids to church (or school for that matter. I was constantly dealing with this as a teacher too!). So Tuesday night was a rough night and all day Wednesday he had a fever, so we were moving pretty slow. But even with this he was still the HAPPIEST little guy. I took this picture of him and he was like this all day!!
I Love gift cards! I have been saving some credit at Babies R Us for a time when we need more items for Dominic. While I was there, I couldn't resist the bath toys because he LOVES the water (just like his daddy!)! And I had to get the fishing set (of course!). As I was running the water for his nightly bath, I showed him the package and his eyes got real big and his arms started to shake as he reached for the package...so cute!! He had so much fun playing with them (or eating them!) in the bath tub!
Figuring out the net!!
Dom is returning to work this week. :( He has actually been working 3-5 days a week throughout the summer with classes and paid training through the district and has had 3 weeks completely off in July. So we will just be seeing a little less of him in the fall. I love that he is a teacher because it gives us so much family time. He can get home from work as early as 3:30, so he has lots of time with Dominic before he goes to bed.
Discovering the piano pedals!
Look at those rolls!
He is already looking mischievous!
When we arrived up there it was the last cool day and we had a fire in the cabin. Dominic loved watching the flames!
One of his fish
The boat ride that Dominic fell asleep on
swimming with Ramsey
