Hoyt Lakes Minnesota July 2009

We spent a lovely 4 days in Hoyt Lakes Mn in July with the family...when I say family I really mean family! Almost all of the Ken's mom's family was there with us! There were Grandma and Grandpa Welch, his Mom and Mike, his brother Matt, RuthAnne, and Nephew Christian, his Aunt Sandy, his cousin Carlin, Cory, and their son Cedar and his other cousin Andy, Katie and their 2 kids, Karlee and Camden and our family of 4! There were a ton of us and it was a wonderful time!

We all spent a lot of time outside(obviously!),playing with the kids, fishing, and cooking on the fire! The kids seemed to have a wonderful time playing and interacting with one another, Jake and Karlee are the little story and joke tellers of the group! I don't think a minute went by with the 2 of them together that was quite...not even our meal times! Cam of course tagged along with them where ever they went, glad to be with them but quiet and observant!

Tyler and Cedar were two little peas in a pod, playing on the blanket and enjoying each others company. While Cedar tended to stay put on the blanket, Ty took off exploring everything around him whenever possible!

All in all we had a wonderful weekend and couldn't have wished for it to go any better than it had...I suppose the weather could have been a bit nicer, we had wet fairly rainy weather in the mornings and late evenings, but it was still very nice. We (all the adults) even managed to get a break and swim out to the island across from the campsite one afternoon, it was amazing and felt wonderful!

Ty playing in the lake, we couldn't keep him out of the water!

Jake doing what he does best...he found all sorts of places to explore!

Cory and Cedar enjoying the day with us!

Cedar made a wonderful little man to take pictures of! He couldn't take a bad picture!

The 3 amigo's telling "jokes"

Ken's mom and Mike!

Grandma and Grandpa Welch

I can't believe it has been so long....

SO....it has been ages since I last posted and boy do I have some catching up to do somehow!

The brisk fall weather has been with us for quite a few days now and I am hoping that it is a wonderful sign that fall is right around the corner! Fall seems to be the favorite of the seasons in our home and we cannot wait for the weather to remain cool, the leaves to start changing, and the warmth of the holidays around the corner!

Jake is off to preschool in just a few short weeks, he will be in school 4 days a week from 12:30pm-3:00pm, and while I am very sad to see how much he has grown up and to send him off to preschool I am thrilled to see the excitement in his eyes to be going to school and to be a "big kid" I am no where near ready for that but will hold his had while he starts this new phase in his life.

Tyler, well what can I say about Ty! He is almost 18months old and keeping us busy every second of the day! He is off and running, doing everything he can to keep up with Jake! He does a pretty good job of it, though he gets frustrated sometimes when things don't quite seem to go his way! He is also getting used to the idea of using "words" instead of screams and yelps when he wants something, though I have to say that most often we still get a pretty good yell from him when he could have used a few words, we are working with him though to change that around a bit!

Ken and I are as always just busy as can be! Planning for fall, Jake's birthday, family vacation, and of course the Holidays! We are hoping things go smoothly for us this fall as we take on all these things in a very short period of time. Though we have faith that we will make it through with little trouble and lots of smiles!

I am trying to make it a priority to update this a little more often than I had been doing before(the last time I posted it was just after New Years!) so with anyluck I will succeed!