October 8th - SNOW!!!!

We woke up to our first snow of the season this morning, not sure if we are ready for it but here it is.  Hard to believe it is only October 8th and we have snow.  It is still snowing so we will be spending the day inside!

A Night at the Circus!

We spent Wednesday evening at the circus.  Our seats were in the front row and we were probably no more than 25 feet from the center ring.  With our seats we got to sepnd 15 minutes sitting in the center ring watching the clowns and tight-rope walkers!  All in all a very cool night for all of us.

S'mores on a stick, yum!

12 tigers, very cool

A total of 8 elephants

Our last couple of weeks at the lake!

The last couple of weeks have been busy.  Papa Jerry and Grandma Susie came for a visit.  We picked strawberries at Mystic Farms and raspberries at Aunt Lori's.  We had a lot of really nice weather and a lot of fun in the water.  We watched the caterpillar that we found at the farm with Ethan and Gr. Bud make his cocoon and turn into a butterfly yesterday. 

Fishing in our PJs!

picking raspberries at Lori's

the caterpillar (now butterfly) the girls, Ethan and Gr. Bud found at the farm

Back to work (sort of!)

Today was back to work after the holiday. Jon's phone was ringing once again and we started a few projects here at the lake.  The electric company was here to upgrade our power, the girls enjoyed seeing those big truck pull into the yard.  I got busy with sanding down cabinets and getting the first coat of stain on them.  We managed to enjoy our afternoon at the lake.  The girls were sliding off the end of the dock and having a great time.  We finished the evening with a trip around the lake while Jon skiied.  Just about bedtime Jon and Addison decided to do a little fishing and came back with a nice fish, Addie is becoming quite the fisherman!

Sunshine, skiing and icecream!

We had another great day at the lake.  Jon and Rochelle did some more skiing.  The kids played in the water all day.  Jon fried up a turkey for dinner and we had more pie and icecream after.  The neighbor landed his plane on the lake and Jon is thinking this would be a good mode of transportation back and forth to ND.

A Great Day at the Lake

Saturday was a great day at the lake, sunshine all day.  We spent the day in the water, on the beach and in the boat.  Jon and Rochelle got a few trips around the lake on skies then we got the tube out for the kids, including a trip for Jon!  Grammy Pam made homemade strawberry pies (with homegrown strawberries) and smores later in the evening.

I put my towel down on the dock for a little sun while the kids were down for a nap, while I went to get my book and a drink Gunner decided my towel looked like a great idea.  The life of a dog!

Jon, Hailey and Ella getting ready to break in the new tube!

Addie's turn

A view of the beach from the boat

Looks like fun

Hold on Jon

Catching minnows

Quinnie with her minnow net

An unexpected visitor to our beach, a large snapper turtle snuck up and was sitting right behind Grammy Pam.  He didn't want to leave but we finally got him off the beach!