Life at the lake

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 Trip

Since 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!).

Dustin

We 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

The boat ride that Dominic fell asleep onswimming with Ramsey

Fishing

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!!!



Ramsey

This 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!






Relaxing

We 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!
Walking

I 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!