summer snapshot - week 9

we're lucky enough to have relatives with a cabin up in the cool parts of the state.
and they are generous enough to let us use it.
so, we drove home from lori's cabin just long enough to do laundry & shopping.
we packed up the car again a day later adding chris and our dog lady,
and spent some quality time together as a family enjoying the outdoors.

we went fishing a couple of times.
there are some beautiful lakes nearby.
here is john taking a break from eating his breakfast to pray in the car on the way.

this picture was taken right before ella fell into the water.
luckily we were able to use chris' long sleeve shirt for her to change into.

it actually looked pretty cute...tall dad's shirt  = cute shirt/dress for daughter...

wow, just look at that gorgeous scenery.
it is so beautiful and peaceful on the lake, we really had a lovely time there.

some father/daughter fishing took place too...pretty darn cute.

at the cabin, lots of baseball was played...

lots of atv rides were taken...

and lots of campfires were had...

the swing was also a big hit...

and lady really made us laugh with how scared she was of the dog run/leash thing...

tata even got to come up and go fishing with us.

he tore off the tails of the crawdads to use for bait.

 and he really encouraged christopher to hold one, which he finally did...

we really enjoyed hanging out with him.

here are a few shots of our second day of fishing/hiking...

john really wanted to hike around independently, which made me a bit nervous.
there were some really steep parts, but he really managed.
i was impressed and so happy he never fell!

we had a wonderful time, it was so nice to be out of the heat for a long stretch.

and we are so thankful to our relatives for sharing their lovely cabin with us.

now, only one last week of summer to post on!