Camp!

I have to say this summer so far has been so awesome!  We have done so much and had a blast!  We have been planning this past weekend for a couple of months now.  My husbands parents have 2 camps.  One we call the "hunting" camp.  It's in the middle of the woods, with no lake.  The other is the "lake" camp.  They have only had the camp at the lake for about a year or so.  And it's definately a camp.  No electricity, no running water....and very rustic.  But it's on a lake and the lake is completely private.  I think there are only 2 other camps on this lake and you can't even see them from our camp.  We headed out there bright and early Saturday morning.  My inlaws all came, including my husbands 2 brothers, their wives, and all the girls.  No grandsons in this family!  All girls!  They all had their swimsuits on and ready to swim as soon as we got there!

Oh and how can I forget!  It's not a family trip unless ALL the dogs come too!  Our dog, pictured above, my brother in laws yellow lab, and my mother in laws daschund! 

Such crazy dogs! 

Brian going for a ride in the kayak

When Emma first got into the water she insisted on the life ring and the life jacket!  After a while she shed both of them! 

My niece Hannah rocked when it came to kayaking! 

My brother in law with my niece Lily in the kayak!

 

My niece Lily =)  She was such a fish in the water!

Riley (the dog) wasn't too sure about the water all day.  But all of a sudden he just went swimming out to the girls.  It was cute and funny! =)

Emma, Hannah & Haley watching Riley swim =)

My mother in laws dog, Max.  He was so funny, a dog surfing!!

My sister in law Kristy =)  All the guys went out 4-wheeling, my brother in law came back with these flowers for her.  How sweet....Brian didn't pick me any.  haha

My father in law was having a blast watching the girls swim

Hannah jumping off the boat.  She tried and tried to get Emma to join her but she wouldn't =)

I love this place.  So beautiful and peaceful.

Coming in on the boat.  Emma wasn't impressed.  Apperantly while out on the lake they hit a very small rock, and it really scared her. 

And this is Camp!  Super rustic huh?  It's fun though, even our cellphones didn't work out here.  Kind of nice though to get away from technology and stuff for a day!

The girls were sitting on the beach waiting for the sun to set.  Fireworks in Maine are now legal, so the guys had gone to the new fireworks store to get a bunch of them.  About $200.00 later they came out of the store!  They set them off over the lake and they were amazing!!!!!

However....I need to learn how to take photos of fireworks ;)

And here is my poor photo of the fireworks!  Ha!  They were really pretty! 

Emma stayed the night out there with everyone and Brian and I came back home.  There really isn't a whole lot of room out there for everyone to sleep.  She said she had a blast!!

Tonight we had a BBQ with some friends and made s'mores.  Yummmy! 

The rest of the week is suppose to be beautiful here, so we're planning to spend a lot of time outdoors!!! =)

4th of July Recap!

Happy 4th of July everyone!  A little late, but better late than never =)  We had a really great 4th.  The only thing that could have made it better is if my husband didn't have to work.  But we sacraficed him working today so that we can take our trip to Disney in December!  Gotta save the vacation time =) 

Emma and I traveled to my parents house which is about an hour north of us.  We got up super early, about 6:15 ish and headed up there.  She woke up kinda grumpy, she's not an early bird at all!  So I promised her before we left town we would make a stop at Dunkin Donuts for a donut.  Well we got to D&D and she didn't want a donut anymore, and saw a huge sign for Oreo Coolatas.  I wasn't in the mood to argue so I gave in and let her get one.  After that she was in a super super good mood!  We had a fun ride there.  We sang and laughed the whole way =)

The weather wasn't looking too promising.  It looked like it was going to rain on our parade.  Literally.  But thankfully at the parade we just got a quick shower and that was it.  We had our umbrellas thankfully =)

Our relatives that live in Georgia who just bought a summer home up here! =)

My cousins 2 little kids.  Madison & Owen.  They are so cute =)

Emma and Madison.  I wish these 2 had the chance to see each other more often.  They have such a blast together! =)

And then the rain comes!  Emma with Tia, who Emma loooveesss right to pieces =)

Me and my little girl =)

After the parade it was time to swim in the pool!  The water was cold, but the kids didn't care one bit!

I love this little girl to pieces!  And I don't usually buy her bikinis.  This was at the gap for dirt cheap and it was red white and blue for the 4th, so I figured why not.  And it turns out it was pretty cute on her =)

Eating some super yummy food!

We ended the night with sparklers.  We watched the fireworks from my parents house and Emma loved them.  I hope everyone enjoyed their 4th of July!!!  We are getting ready to spend this weekend at camp with family!  Excited!!! =)

4th of July Recap!

Happy 4th of July everyone!  A little late, but better late than never =)  We had a really great 4th.  The only thing that could have made it better is if my husband didn't have to work.  But we sacraficed him working today so that we can take our trip to Disney in December!  Gotta save the vacation time =) 

Emma and I traveled to my parents house which is about an hour north of us.  We got up super early, about 6:15 ish and headed up there.  She woke up kinda grumpy, she's not an early bird at all!  So I promised her before we left town we would make a stop at Dunkin Donuts for a donut.  Well we got to D&D and she didn't want a donut anymore, and saw a huge sign for Oreo Coolatas.  I wasn't in the mood to argue so I gave in and let her get one.  After that she was in a super super good mood!  We had a fun ride there.  We sang and laughed the whole way =)

The weather wasn't looking too promising.  It looked like it was going to rain on our parade.  Literally.  But thankfully at the parade we just got a quick shower and that was it.  We had our umbrellas thankfully =)

Our relatives that live in Georgia who just bought a summer home up here! =)

My cousins 2 little kids.  Madison & Owen.  They are so cute =)

Emma and Madison.  I wish these 2 had the chance to see each other more often.  They have such a blast together! =)

And then the rain comes!  Emma with Tia, who Emma loooveesss right to pieces =)

Me and my little girl =)

After the parade it was time to swim in the pool!  The water was cold, but the kids didn't care one bit!

I love this little girl to pieces!  And I don't usually buy her bikinis.  This was at the gap for dirt cheap and it was red white and blue for the 4th, so I figured why not.  And it turns out it was pretty cute on her =)

Eating some super yummy food!

We ended the night with sparklers.  We watched the fireworks from my parents house and Emma loved them.  I hope everyone enjoyed their 4th of July!!!  We are getting ready to spend this weekend at camp with family!  Excited!!! =)

Our Weekend!

Hi All!  We had a really good weekend here =)  Friday Emma had gymnastics.  I'm soooooo proud of this little girl, she is doing amazing!!!  She has tried other sports in the past but never really enjoyed them.  She enjoys gymnastics so much.  She's a natrual with it =)   I'm super glad that the summer olympics are this summer because I think she's going to love watching them! 

Friday afternoon a friend of mine came to our house for the night.  Emma was super excited.  She was a junior bridesmaid in my wedding.  Now she is almost 17 years old and Emma thinks it's so cool to "hang" out with a teenager.  haha   After gymnastics we went and had pedicures together!  I didn't have my camera with me so excuse the crappy phone photos =)

Emma decided on purple toes with sparkly polish on top of that.  And then decided she had to have her fingernails done as well.  Bright pink polish with sparkles.  Super cute!!

Friday night we headed to a field hockey game at the Univeristy of Maine.  Tia who was staying with us is on her high school field hockey team and they were playing there.  The weather took a sudden turn for the worse so they ended up playing inside the dome.  Or the "bubble" as Emma calls it.  Emma had never been in there so she was excited that it had started to rain. 

After watching the game, Emma decided that she wants to play field hockey now =) 

Saturday was me and Brian's 5 year wedding anniversary! =)  I cannot believe it has been 5 years already!  Time flies by so quickly.  We unfortunately didn't do anything because I made a mistake and scheduled a Thirty-One party at our house that afternoon and then we both had to work that night.  But, we have plans very soon for a date night =) 

The thirty-one party was awesome!  I had a bunch of people come and sold almost $700.00 worth of stuff, so that means I got almost $100 of free stuff =)  Love it!!

The 4th of July is on Wednesday and I honestly can't believe it is here already!  Brian has to work that day so he won't be able to come to the parade and stuff with us.  So Emma and I are heading to my parents house for the day to enjoy the parade, BBQ and time with family.  And of course fireworks that night =) 

I hope everyone enjoys their week!!! =)