August 4-8

Highlights:

- Patrick getting up & mastering the SkySki

-singing "Dynamite" by Taio Cruz on the boat with Lily

-Jackson falling off the dock

-Jackson & Layla playing together on the beach

-Joey starting baby food for the first time

-Jackson's faceplant at BBB with imprinted chair tattoo

The second to the last time we were at the cottage was an absolute blast! We did SO much!

The boys went out fishing one night......

Jackson and Layla played, and played, and played together!

They spent each day in the lake and then at night had bathtime!

Patrick did his Skyski and was getting a bit frustrated with it and then he Finally got it! 

I snapped this pic as quick as I could, i just love the pure joy on his face because he figured it out!

There he goes!

Proud Skyskier!

Logan LOVED the boat....mainly because it put him right to bed! and then when we pulled into the shorestation he would wake up......happy of course!

Then he would play on the beach and his #1 goal was to get off the blanket and to get a handful of sand.....

to eventually try to eat.

Jackson kept busy by playing with all the toys on the beach!

I, of course, had to jump off the dock to cool off each day!

Jackson loved watching me do this. He would actually count me down....

1.....2....3...and then i would run and jump in!

He thought it was absolutely hysterical!

We painted our traditional cottage summer rocks.......
this is some of them from the past few years and below them is this years.....

Summer 2011 rocks!

Jackson bonded with his Auntie Molly. 

They spent time in the hammock together................

and when Jackson was upset that he couldn't go outside, she was right there for him.

Lily and I did some fun stuff too, we swung in the hammock.......

and painted our nails together!

Jackson ran over and got some more loving in the hammock from all of us too!

We had evening skyski sessions after dinner!

and Jackson got to drive the boat!

When Logan was awake in the boat, he enjoyed looking at everything!

We took a trip to Petoskey and HAD to eat at the best lunch place ever......Julienne Tomatoes!!

The baby boy cousins had some good bonding time too!

Joey enjoyed some of his first solids!

I LOVE eating out back for dinner and Jackson and Layla had their own little table too!

One night after dinner we looked over and saw this!

How cool is that?!

Jackson was so excited about seeing the giant hot air balloon that he ran down to the beach to get a better look!

We watched it go higher and higher.....up, up, and away!

During dinner the last night Patrick was teasing Lily and I just LOVED her response to him......

(I'm not listening to you!)

She's learned VERY quickly!

We ended the weekend by celebrating Grampy's birthday!